Winery Les Caractères - Saumur-Champigny

Winery Les CaractèresSaumur-Champigny

3.4
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Saumur-Champigny of Winery Les Caractères is a red wine from the region of Saumur-Champigny of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Saumur-Champigny of Winery Les Caractères in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Les Caractères's Saumur-Champigny.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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

Saumur-Champigny - 2018
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Saumur-Champigny - 2017
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Saumur-Champigny - 2016
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.51110.50
Saumur-Champigny - 2015
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.411100
Saumur-Champigny - 2014
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.211100
Saumur-Champigny - 2013
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 3.311100
Saumur-Champigny - 2012
In the top 100 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
Average rating: 2.7110.500

The best vintages of Saumur-Champigny from Winery Les Caractères are 2018, 2016, 2015, 2011 and 2013.

Informations about the Winery Les Caractères

The winery offers 20 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Saumur-Champigny in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Les Caractères is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 45000 of of France wines
In the top 700 of of Saumur-Champigny wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

The wine region of Saumur-Champigny

The wine region of Saumur-Champigny is located in the region of Saumur of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Clos Rougeard produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur-Champigny are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur-Champigny often reveals types of flavors of smoke, grass or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oil or banana.


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.

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