Winery La ChevallerieVieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Pairings that work perfectly with Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
Original food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil
The Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil of Winery La Chevallerie matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, chicken drumstick with bacon or roast venison with green pepper sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery La Chevallerie's Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil.
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 Vieilles Vignes Saint Nicolas de Bourgueil from Winery La Chevallerie are 2016, 2017, 2014
Informations about the Winery La Chevallerie
The Winery La Chevallerie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
Cabernet Franc (Breton) signature as monovarietal on the north bank of the Loire in Touraine, ≤10% Cabernet Sauvignon: fresh vibrant reds with bursting aromas of raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and floral and spicy touches, fine tannins and silky palate. Light fruity gravel wines to drink young, more structured mineral tuffeau wines suitable for 5-6 years of aging. Luminous ruby robe. AOC neighbor of Bourgueil, pure Loire identity of Cabernet Franc.
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: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
