Château MoncontourTéte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut
Sparkling wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut of Château Moncontour in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, honey or yeast.
Food and wine pairings with Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut
Pairings that work perfectly with Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut
Original food and wine pairings with Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut
The Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut of Château Moncontour matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of yellow risotto with mussels, papillote of fish with cream sauce or the coughing cat's apple crumble.
Details and technical informations about Château Moncontour's Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut.
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 Téte de Cuvée Vouvray Brut from Château Moncontour are 2012, 2016, 2017, 2014 and 2013.
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: Tense
Said of a lively and nervous wine.
