Domaine du Petit MétrisQuarts de Chaume
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with vegetarian, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Quarts de Chaume of Domaine du Petit Métris in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of apricot, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Quarts de Chaume
Pairings that work perfectly with Quarts de Chaume
Original food and wine pairings with Quarts de Chaume
The Quarts de Chaume of Domaine du Petit Métris matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of fresh salmon risotto, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or turkey escalope with cream and shallots.
Details and technical informations about Domaine du Petit Métris's Quarts de Chaume.
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 Quarts de Chaume from Domaine du Petit Métris are 2011
Informations about the Domaine du Petit Métris
The Domaine du Petit Métris is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Quarts de Chaume to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Quarts de Chaume
The only Grand Cru of the Loire Valley (2011, ~40 ha in Anjou-Layon): 100% Chenin as extraordinarily complex, multi-decade sweet wines. Golden to old-gold robe, aromas of candied fruit, honey, quince and saffron notes. Successive manual tries of botrytised bunches (Botrytis cinerea), minimum 298 g/L sugar before fermentation, maximum yield 20 hl/ha. South-facing slope above morning mists of the Layon river — exceptional botrytis on draining Brioverian schists.
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: New wine
Wine of the year, fruity and easy to drink. Beaujolais Nouveau is not the only one in this category, the Côtes-du-Rhône, Touraine and Gaillac appellations also produce new wines.
