Château de FromenteauSèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
White wine
This wine generally goes well with appetizers and snacks, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Sèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
Pairings that work perfectly with Sèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
Original food and wine pairings with Sèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
The Sèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie of Château de Fromenteau matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of mussels with cream supers, green tomatoes in vinegar or medallions of monkfish with citrus fruits.
Details and technical informations about Château de Fromenteau's Sèlection Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie.
Discover the grape variety: Velteliner vert
- Origin: This variety is widely cultivated in Austria. It is believed to be the result of a natural intraspecific cross between Savagnin and another ancient Austrian variety called Saint Georgen. It can also be found in the northeastern part of Italy, in Germany, Hungary, Romania, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Moravia, Croatia, the United States (Oregon, Maryland, etc.), Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Informations about the Château de Fromenteau
The Château de Fromenteau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Muscadet-Sevre et Maine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Muscadet-Sevre et Maine
The wine region of Muscadet-Sevre et Maine is located in the region of Muscadet of Muscadet of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de l'Ecu or the Domaine de Bellevue produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Muscadet-Sevre et Maine are Melon, Muscadelle and Folle blanche, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Muscadet-Sevre et Maine often reveals types of flavors of cream, asparagus or baked apple and sometimes also flavors of honeydew melon, hay or citrus zest.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
