Lelais - Domaine des GauletteriesCoteaux du Loir Rouge
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 4 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Côt, the Pineau d'Aunis and the Gamay noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Coteaux du Loir Rouge of the Lelais - Domaine des Gauletteries is in the top 20 of wines of Coteaux du Loir.
Food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Loir Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Coteaux du Loir Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Coteaux du Loir Rouge
The Coteaux du Loir Rouge of Lelais - Domaine des Gauletteries matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of authentic bolognese sauce (ragù di carne), basque piperade or duck legs with cider and small onions.
Details and technical informations about Lelais - Domaine des Gauletteries's Coteaux du Loir Rouge.
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 Coteaux du Loir Rouge from Lelais - Domaine des Gauletteries are 2013, 2015
Informations about the Lelais - Domaine des Gauletteries
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The wine region of Coteaux du Loir
Coteaux du Loir blanc is a still white wine produced in the vineyards of the Loire, in the west of France and more precisely in the wine region of Touraine. Administratively, Coteaux du Loir blanc can be produced in the dePartments of Sarthe and Indre-et-Loire. Its Terroir benefits from a temperate Climate with an oceanic influence and degraded oceanic soils of chalk tuffeau, clay-limestone and flinty clay. The "Chenin B" grape variety is the only one that can be used to make white Coteaux du Loir wine.
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: Village
Term used in certain regions to identify a particular sector within a larger appellation (Beaujolais, Côtes-du-Rhône).
