Winery Les Celliers du BellaySaumur-Champigny
Red wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Les Celliers du Bellay's Saumur-Champigny.
Discover the grape variety: Grolleau Gris
Lively, fruity fresh whites and rosés to enjoy young, with a pale golden to salmon robe and an airy palate, with signature aromas of red fruits (strawberry, redcurrant), white flowers and fresh notes. Enjoying a fine qualitative revival. A component of Rosé de Loire AOC, Touraine AOC and IGP Val de Loire; grown in Anjou and Touraine. Grey-skinned mutation of Grolleau, an indigenous French variety from the Loire Valley.
Informations about the Winery Les Celliers du Bellay
The Winery Les Celliers du Bellay is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
Loire Cabernet Franc benchmark across 9 Saumur villages (clay-limestone slopes, mild oceanic climate): fine, velvety reds with vibrant cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant aromas plus floral and spicy notes, supple tannins, taut freshness and silky texture. Young wines lively and gourmand, ageworthy cuvées drift to undergrowth, leather and tobacco. Star red AOC of the Anjou-Saumur Loire, rare blend of immediate pleasure and ageing, signature Loire elegance.
The wine region of Loire Valley
Kingdom of lively, dry whites and fine sparklers. Mineral, taut Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé) with citrus and gunflint notes. Multiform Chenin Blanc (Vouvray, Savennières, Layon): straight dry, floral off-dry or noble sweet honey-quince. Saline, iodised Muscadet (Melon B.
The word of the wine: Performance
Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).
