Domaine Saint NicolasReflets Rouge
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Reflets Rouge of Domaine Saint Nicolas in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of smoke, minerality or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Reflets Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Reflets Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Reflets Rouge
The Reflets Rouge of Domaine Saint Nicolas matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, beef mironton or rabbit socks in gibelotte.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Saint Nicolas's Reflets Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reflets Rouge from Domaine Saint Nicolas are 2018, 2007, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
Informations about the Domaine Saint Nicolas
The Domaine Saint Nicolas is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 36 wines for sale in the of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Flow
Action consisting of draining the wine from a vat of red wine (free-run wine), the marc then being pressed to obtain the press wine.
