Winery Philippe ForeauReserve Vouvray Moelleux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, lean fish or shellfish.
The Reserve Vouvray Moelleux of the Winery Philippe Foreau is in the top 10 of wines of Vouvray.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Reserve Vouvray Moelleux of Winery Philippe Foreau in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of orange, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Reserve Vouvray Moelleux
Pairings that work perfectly with Reserve Vouvray Moelleux
Original food and wine pairings with Reserve Vouvray Moelleux
The Reserve Vouvray Moelleux of Winery Philippe Foreau matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of pasta with mussels, my brazilian sister-in-law's coconut milk fish or yoghurt cake.
Details and technical informations about Winery Philippe Foreau's Reserve Vouvray Moelleux.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Reserve Vouvray Moelleux from Winery Philippe Foreau are 2009, 1989, 2003, 2005
Informations about the Winery Philippe Foreau
The Winery Philippe Foreau is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Vouvray to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Vouvray
Vouvray is the most famous and most respected appellation of the Loire Valley's Touraine growing region. The title covers white wines of various styles (sweet wine, dry, still and sparkling), from eight villages around the medieval town of Vouvray, on the northern banks of the Loire river. Vouvray is the flagship wine of the Chenin Blanc grape (or Pineau de la Loire as it is known there), followed ever-closer by Savennieres and the sweet whites of Anjou. Few wine regions in the world use Chenin to the same extent.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
