Domaine des PiriesTri de Vendanges Coteaux du Layon St Lambert
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Details and technical informations about Domaine des Piries's Tri de Vendanges Coteaux du Layon St Lambert.
Discover the grape variety: Orbois
Supple, fresh dry whites with a pale golden colour, ample palate with moderate acidity, aromas of apple, pear, white flowers and brioche notes. Also as sparkling (Crémant de Loire). Featured in the AOC Touraine, Cheverny, Valençay and Crémant de Loire blends, it defines authentic Loire whites. Synonym of Arbois, indigenous French white variety from Touraine, mainly grown in Loir-et-Cher (not to be confused with the Jura wine region of Arbois).
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: Millerandage
Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.
