Winery Guy SagetChinon
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Cabernet Franc.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Chinon of the Winery Guy Saget is in the top 40 of wines of Chinon.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Chinon of Winery Guy Saget in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with Chinon
The Chinon of Winery Guy Saget matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti bolognese, andouillette and baked potato gratin or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Guy Saget's 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 Chinon from Winery Guy Saget are 2018, 2016, 2015, 2012 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Guy Saget
The Winery Guy Saget is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 48 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: Part
Name of the barrel used in Burgundy (capacity of 228 litres).
