Domaine des PiriesCôteaux du Layon Moelleux
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Domaine des Piries's Côteaux du Layon Moelleux.
Discover the grape variety: Tibouren
Elegant, complex rosés with a pale salmon robe, airy palate and fresh acidity, showing refined aromas of red fruits (strawberry, raspberry), garrigue, Mediterranean herbs, white flowers and characteristic saline, iodine notes. Also vinified as light, fragrant reds. Star of Provence's great rosés from Côtes de Provence AOC (Cru Classé, Saint-Tropez area). Autochthonous Provençal variety from the Var, likely imported from the Middle East by ancient Phocaean sailors.
Informations about the Domaine des Piries
The Domaine des Piries is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Côteaux du Layon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côteaux du Layon
Loire cradle of Anjou's great sweet wines (left bank of the Layon): signature Chenin Blanc as exclusive white king — off-dry to botrytised sweet with notes of quince, apricot, candied pineapple, mango, honey, beeswax, dried fruits and a saffron touch, chiselled acidity balancing the sugar, exceptional ageing (20-50 years). "Sélection de Grains Nobles" mention at the summit. AOC (1950), ~1,400 ha across 27 villages, slaty schists, Layon mists favouring Botrytis cinerea.
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: Hybrid
Term designating grape varieties obtained from two different vine species.
