Winery La ToucheCoteaux du Layon Demi-Sec
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The Coteaux du Layon Demi-Sec of the Winery La Touche is in the top 0 of wines of Côteaux du Layon.
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Discover the grape variety: Smederevka
Fresh, lively whites to drink young with a pale golden robe, an airy palate with preserved acidity, and signature aromas of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white flowers and fresh herbal notes. Productive. A pillar of dry whites in the Balkans (Serbia, North Macedonia, Bulgaria), grown mainly in the Danube valley (Smederevo), this grape defines the Danubian wine identity. An indigenous Serbian and Macedonian white grape, widely grown in the former Yugoslavia.
Informations about the Winery La Touche
The Winery La Touche is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Broker
In the past, he was a sort of fraud control agent who had to watch over the quality of merchant wines (he could carry a sword!). His function has evolved towards expertise (it was the brokers who established the famous 1855 classification in Bordeaux) and today he puts the producer in contact with the merchant.
