Winery Les FougeraiesChinon
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The Chinon of the Winery Les Fougeraies is in the top 0 of wines of Chinon.
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Fougeraies's Chinon.
Discover the grape variety: Clinton
Dark, rustic reds with a marked foxy flavour, an intense purple robe, firm tannins and a direct palate, with labrusca signature aromas of wild strawberry, English candy, fresh grape and vivid herbal notes. A distinctive heritage profile. Still found on heritage trellises in the Cévennes and Ardèche; banned from commercial sale in France since 1935. North American black hybrid grape, a Vitis riparia × labrusca cross.
Informations about the Winery Les Fougeraies
The Winery Les Fougeraies is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
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: Sorting
Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.
