Winery Foucher LebrunLes Grands Jardins Chinon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Les Grands Jardins Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Grands Jardins Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with Les Grands Jardins Chinon
The Les Grands Jardins Chinon of Winery Foucher Lebrun matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, ham and cheese macaroni gratin or wild boar bourguignon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Foucher Lebrun's Les Grands Jardins Chinon.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Grands Jardins Chinon from Winery Foucher Lebrun are 2015
Informations about the Winery Foucher Lebrun
The Winery Foucher Lebrun is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
The wine region of Loire Valley
Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.
The word of the wine: Size
Cutting of shoots to regulate and balance the growth of the vine in order to control productivity.
