Domaine de NerleuxClos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes of Domaine de Nerleux in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of smoke, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes
Original food and wine pairings with Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes
The Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes of Domaine de Nerleux matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., tartiflette or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.
Details and technical informations about Domaine de Nerleux's Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Clos des Châtains Saumur-Champigny Vieilles Vignes from Domaine de Nerleux are 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2011.
Informations about the Domaine de Nerleux
The Domaine de Nerleux is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny is located in the region of Saumur of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Clos Rougeard produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur-Champigny are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur-Champigny often reveals types of flavors of smoke, grass or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oil or banana.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Consistency
In tasting, it is the equivalent of chewing (the chewiness of a tannic red wine is also mentioned). We then speak of firmness, fluidity, softness, hardness, and why not the crunchiness of an early wine by reference to the grape.
