Winery Lydie et MichelCoteaux du Layon Prestige Le Sablon
White wine
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Details and technical informations about Winery Lydie et Michel's Coteaux du Layon Prestige Le Sablon.
Discover the grape variety: Moristel
Supple, fruity reds best drunk young, with a sustained ruby robe, silky tannins and an airy palate with fresh acidity, showing signature aromas of fresh red fruits (cherry, raspberry), soft spices and floral notes. Accessible profile. Often blended with Tempranillo and Garnacha, adding freshness to the reds of Somontano in northern Aragon. Spanish black grape grown in Aragon, mainly in the Somontano DO.
Informations about the Winery Lydie et Michel
The Winery Lydie et Michel is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Grenache gris
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
