Château du FresneGrande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye of the Château du Fresne is in the top 5 of wines of Coteaux du Layon 'Faye-d'Anjou'.
Food and wine pairings with Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye
Pairings that work perfectly with Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye
Original food and wine pairings with Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye
The Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye of Château du Fresne matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of salt and pepper shrimp, monkfish tail with coconut milk and curry or apple cake.
Details and technical informations about Château du Fresne's Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye.
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 Grande Selection Coteaux du Layon Faye from Château du Fresne are 2015, 2010, 2014, 2011
Informations about the Château du Fresne
The Château du Fresne is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Coteaux du Layon 'Faye-d'Anjou' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux du Layon 'Faye-d'Anjou'
Communal appellation of Coteaux du Layon (Anjou-Layon) on Faye-d'Anjou: 100% Chenin as sweet wine from successive manual passes on overripe grapes. Golden colour, nose of candied apricot, quince, honey, bitter orange, yellow peach and saffron notes. Rich, full and silky palate supported by a taut acidity bringing brightness and balance. Well-exposed south-east slopes on schists, quartz and Armorican sandstone of the Anjou Noir — warm draining terroir favouring regular botrytisation of Chenin.
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: Bitter (flavor)
A flavour generally provided in wines by polyphenols and accompanied by a sensation of pungency. In small quantities, bitterness makes you salivate, gives relief to the wine and reinforces its sapidity.
