Château de BellevueLa Croix Picot Savennières Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc
The La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc of Château de Bellevue matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou, pollock with mustard or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Château de Bellevue's La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Croix Picot Savennières Blanc from Château de Bellevue are 2012, 2016, 2014, 2013 and 2015.
Informations about the Château de Bellevue
The Château de Bellevue is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Savennières to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Savennières
Anjou AOC south-west of Angers on the right bank of the Loire (steep schists facing the river, communes Savennières, Bouchemaine, La Possonniere): Chenin Blanc (Pineau de la Loire) reigns exclusively in dry white — full-bodied and distinctive, pale to golden yellow robe, floral nose of acacia, lime with pear, peach, quince, toasted almond and honey, fresh, dense, precise and mineral palate. Evolves toward honey, warm rock and white truffle. 15 years ageing.
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: Vegetative cycle
All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.
