Le Château de FontenayLa Réserve de Jean
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Cabernet franc and the Côt.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with La Réserve de Jean
Pairings that work perfectly with La Réserve de Jean
Original food and wine pairings with La Réserve de Jean
The La Réserve de Jean of Le Château de Fontenay matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese fondue, roast pork with prunes or aiguillette of duck normandy style.
Details and technical informations about Le Château de Fontenay's La Réserve de Jean.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Réserve de Jean from Le Château de Fontenay are 2009, 2014, 2013
Informations about the Le Château de Fontenay
The Le Château de Fontenay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Touraine Noble Joué to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine Noble Joué
The wine region of Touraine Noble Joué is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rousseau Freres or the Le Château de Fontenay produce mainly wines pink, white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine Noble Joué are Pinot gris, Pinot noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine Noble Joué often reveals types of flavors of peach, minerality or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
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: Marie-jeanne (or double magnum)
Bottle with a capacity of 3 litres.
