The Clos de l'Élu is one of the world's great estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Centre Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Clos de l'Élu wines in Centre Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Clos de l'Élu wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Clos de l'Élu wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Clos de l'Élu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of smoked salmon pasta gratin, ham and comté quiche or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.
On the nose the white wine of Clos de l'Élu. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, cream or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or butter. In the mouth the white wine of Clos de l'Élu. is a with a nice freshness.
The Centre-Loire sub-region is located in the Loire Valley region, southeast of the Paris Basin. Its surface area is difficult to determine and the vineyards are made up of plots that vary in Size and are isolated, but also of plots of several hundred hectares. On a limestone base, the Centre-Loire has at least four types of soil: the terres blanches, Deep brown calcareous soils, which give the wines firmness, vivacity and fullness; the caillotes, Hard limestone soils, which give the wines pleasure, tenderness in their youth and a characteristic fruitiness; the grillotes, of friable limestone from which the wines take notes of candied fruits and honey; and the chailloux, siliceous with fine and coarse elements (clays, silts and sands, gravels, and pebbles), giving the wines firmness, persistent aromas, a Spicy nuance and a note of gunflint The caillotes and grillottes are shallow, stony soils, which Warm up quickly in the spring and have good rainwater Runoff, resulting in early ripening of the grapes for the production of fine, Soft, fruity wines. The semi-continental climate with microclimatic variations is ideal for the Sauvignon grape variety which gives white wines a rare harmony and perfection, and also ideal for the Pinot Noir which produces little known but no less surprising red wines.
The Centre-Loire region has nine appellations but is particularly well known for its AOC Sancerre, Quincy, Reuilly and Menetou-Salon. These appellations include those from the Auvergne vineyards (Saint-Pourçain, Côte-Roannaise and Côtes-du-Forez).
How Clos de l'Élu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chili con carne, old-fashioned pork roll or casserons in the country style.
On the nose the red wine of Clos de l'Élu. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, leather or pepper and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or spices.
Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.
How Clos de l'Élu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of cuttlefish in sauce, fish with tomato and zucchini sauce or yoghurt cake.
Refers to a wine showing good ageing potential.
How Clos de l'Élu wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
