Château MoncontourNectar
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Nectar
Pairings that work perfectly with Nectar
Original food and wine pairings with Nectar
The Nectar of Château Moncontour matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of pageot, cod tournedos with chorizo or grandma's cherry clafoutis.
Details and technical informations about Château Moncontour's Nectar.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Nectar from Château Moncontour are 2005
Informations about the Château Moncontour
The Château Moncontour is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Vouvray to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vouvray
100% Chenin Blanc on the tuffeau slopes of Touraine: a unique stylistic palette from sparkling brut to botrytised sweet. Taut, straight dry with notes of green apple, citrus and chalk. Round, honeyed off-dry with ripe fruits. Opulent sweet and luscious wines with aromas of quince, honey and fruit paste from late harvest or noble rot.
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: Feedback
Perception of the aromas in the mouth by the retro-nasal way.
