Domaine OctavieLes Vieux Moines Touraine
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Food and wine pairings with Les Vieux Moines Touraine
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Vieux Moines Touraine
Original food and wine pairings with Les Vieux Moines Touraine
The Les Vieux Moines Touraine of Domaine Octavie matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of atriaux en sauce, filet mignon in a crust or duck sleeves in cider.
Details and technical informations about Domaine Octavie's Les Vieux Moines Touraine.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Vieux Moines Touraine from Domaine Octavie are 2015
Informations about the Domaine Octavie
The Domaine Octavie is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in the of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Touraine
Signature Sauvignon as king of Touraine whites (~80% of plantings): dry, expressive with notes of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, white flowers, exotic fruit and a touch of boxwood, lively acidity — ideal aperitif. Gamay as a juicy, crunchy red (cherry, raspberry, discreet tannins), more structured Cabernet Franc (bell pepper, raspberry) and dense Côt to complete it. Chenin and Chardonnay among whites. Vast Loire AOC between Blois and Tours, tuffeau and flint.
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: Gouleyant
Characteristic of supple and light wines, particularly new wines.
