Winery MirebeauCôteaux du Layon Moelleux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Food and wine pairings with Côteaux du Layon Moelleux
Pairings that work perfectly with Côteaux du Layon Moelleux
Original food and wine pairings with Côteaux du Layon Moelleux
The Côteaux du Layon Moelleux of Winery Mirebeau matches generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of lasagne with vegetables and savoy tomatoes, tarte tatin or minced meat ravioli with italian cheese emulsion.
Details and technical informations about Winery Mirebeau's Côteaux du Layon Moelleux.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Informations about the Winery Mirebeau
The Winery Mirebeau is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 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: Arching
A stage in the vegetative cycle of the vine that occurs after the leaves have fallen and is characterized by the drying out of the soft shoots, which are transformed into hard shoots by lignification.
