Winery Lucien CrochetCuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Sauvignon Blanc.
In the mouth this red wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, veal or game (deer, venison).
The Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge of the Winery Lucien Crochet is in the top 90 of wines of Sancerre.
Taste structure of the Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge from the Winery Lucien Crochet
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge of Winery Lucien Crochet in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge of Winery Lucien Crochet in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or minerality and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge
The Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge of Winery Lucien Crochet matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of chicken and sausage stew with carrots, rabbit marinated with herbs and mustard or stuffed artichoke.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lucien Crochet's Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Cuvée Prestige Sancerre Rouge from Winery Lucien Crochet are 2005, 2006, 2016, 2012 and 2009.
Informations about the Winery Lucien Crochet
The Winery Lucien Crochet is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 14 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sancerre
World reference for taut Sauvignon Blanc: exclusive signature white king — dry and mineral with notes of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), vine peach, pear, exotic fruit, white flowers and signature gun-flint, lively acidity and a racy finish according to soils (limestone, flint, clay). Subtler than NZ or Chile, ages 5-10 years. Rare airy Pinot Noir reds (cherry, raspberry) and saline rosés. AOC on the Loire's left bank (Centre), hills at 200-400 m.
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: Dosing liqueur (champagne)
Also known as liqueur d'expédition, a solution made up of wine and sugar added to champagne after disgorgement and which determines the type of wine: extra-brut, brut, extra-dry, dry, demi-sec.
