Winery Jean-Charles CathelineauDemi-Sec
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean-Charles Cathelineau's Demi-Sec.
Discover the grape variety: Rèze
Found in Switzerland in the upper Valais where it was used to produce the famous "Vin des glaciers". In France, it is little known except in Savoie and the Jura, although it is listed in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. According to published genetic analyses, it is the grandmother of five grape varieties, including humagne rouge or petit rouge or cornalin d'Aoste; the mother of grosse arvine and the half-sister of freisa. It is also related to the poulsard, the nosiola, the cascarolo bianco, the groppello di revo, ... for more details click here !
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Demi-Sec from Winery Jean-Charles Cathelineau are 2014
Informations about the Winery Jean-Charles Cathelineau
The Winery Jean-Charles Cathelineau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Vouvray to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vouvray
Vouvray is the most famous and most respected appellation of the Loire Valley's Touraine growing region. The title covers white wines of various styles (sweet wine, dry, still and sparkling), from eight villages around the medieval town of Vouvray, on the northern banks of the Loire river. Vouvray is the flagship wine of the Chenin Blanc grape (or Pineau de la Loire as it is known there), followed ever-closer by Savennieres and the sweet whites of Anjou. Few wine regions in the world use Chenin to the same extent.
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: White winemaking
White wines are obtained by fermentation of the juice after pressing. A pre-fermentation maceration is sometimes practiced to extract the aromatic substances from the skins. White wines are normally made from white grapes, but can also be made from red grapes (blanc de noirs). The grapes are then pressed as soon as they arrive at the vat house without maceration in order to prevent the colouring matter contained in the skins from "staining" the wine.
