Winery Le Clos Neuf des ArchambaultsTouraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc
Pairings that work perfectly with Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc
Original food and wine pairings with Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc
The Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc of Winery Le Clos Neuf des Archambaults matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, flammekueche (with laughing cow) or duck breast with spices, roasted figs with honey and port.
Details and technical informations about Winery Le Clos Neuf des Archambaults's Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc.
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 Touraine L'Arpent Du Mitan Cabernet Franc from Winery Le Clos Neuf des Archambaults are 2011, 2009
Informations about the Winery Le Clos Neuf des Archambaults
The Winery Le Clos Neuf des Archambaults is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.
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: Oxidative (breeding)
A method of ageing which aims to give the wine certain aromas of evolution (dried fruit, bitter orange, coffee, rancio, etc.) by exposing it to the air; it is then matured either in barrels, demi-muids or unoaked casks, sometimes stored in the open air, or in barrels exposed to the sun and to temperature variations. This type of maturation characterizes certain natural sweet wines, ports and other liqueur wines.
