Le Clos des MaillesLe Pavé Côteaux de l'Aubance
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Le Clos des Mailles's Le Pavé Côteaux de l'Aubance.
Discover the grape variety: Muscat bleu
An interspecific cross between 15-6 Garnier (villard noir or 18315 Seyve-Villard x Müller-Thurgau) and perle noire or 20347 Seyve-Villard (panse de Provence x 12358 Seyve-Villard), obtained in Switzerland in the 1930s by a nurseryman named Garnier. Muscat Bleu can be found in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, etc. In France, it is practically unknown. It is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A2.
Informations about the Le Clos des Mailles
The Le Clos des Mailles is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Côteaux de l'Aubance to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux de l'Aubance
The wine region of Côteaux de l'Aubance is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine de Montgilet or the Domaine de Montgilet produce mainly wines white, sweet and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côteaux de l'Aubance are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côteaux de l'Aubance often reveals types of flavors of non oak, smoke or orange and sometimes also flavors of almonds, raisin or caramel.
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: Bracket
Black grape variety from Provence which contributes to the personality of the red wines of the AOC Bellet, near Nice. It gives a lightly colored but full-bodied wine that is good with age. Syn.: brachet.
