Winery Patient CottatLes Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc
The Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc of Winery Patient Cottat matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche, chicken chop suey or thai green curry.
Details and technical informations about Winery Patient Cottat's Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Blanc Dame
Blanc Dame blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. It should be noted that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. The Blanc Dame Blanc is grown in the following vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Les Chanvrières Sancerre Blanc from Winery Patient Cottat are 0, 2019
Informations about the Winery Patient Cottat
The Winery Patient Cottat is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Sancerre
The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.
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: Overmaturation
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
