Les Maisons RougesDerniers Grains Coteaux du Loir
White wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Derniers Grains Coteaux du Loir
Pairings that work perfectly with Derniers Grains Coteaux du Loir
Original food and wine pairings with Derniers Grains Coteaux du Loir
The Derniers Grains Coteaux du Loir of Les Maisons Rouges matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of traditional tunisian couscous, mixed paella valenciana or express cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Les Maisons Rouges's Derniers Grains Coteaux du Loir.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Informations about the Les Maisons Rouges
The Les Maisons Rouges is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Coteaux du Loir to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Coteaux du Loir
Loire AOC (1948) north of Tours in the Loir valley, ~75 ha on Turonian tufa and silex clay, medieval monastic vineyard. Pineau d'Aunis is king in native reds (48%): airy and spicy with notes of strawberry, raspberry, fresh herbs and a characteristic white pepper touch, fine tannins — also vivid rosés (14%). Chenin is king in whites (38%): dry and upright with notes of golden apple, honey, flowers and a mineral touch. Immediate neighbour of Jasnières.
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: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
