The Winery Richou is one of the world's great estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in of Saumur to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Richou wines in Saumur among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Richou wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Richou wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Richou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, doner kebab or ham with leek fondue.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Richou. often reveals types of flavors of earth, earthy or vegetal and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Richou. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
Loire tuffeau mosaic: Chenin reigns in whites — dry to off-dry with notes of citrus, apple, pear, candied white fruits, white flowers and a chalky mineral touch, taut acidity and a saline finish. Cabernet Franc (Breton) the signature red, airy (violet, raspberry, plum, peppery touch, fine tannins) and a fruity rosé. Renowned traditional-method Saumur Brut. Anjou-Saumur AOC on limestone tuffeau, troglodyte cellars.
How Winery Richou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon à la plancha with vegetables, nanie's diced ham quiche or cream chicken with mushrooms.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Richou. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or green apple and sometimes also flavors of minerality, apricot or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Richou. is a with a nice freshness.
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet-Sauvignon which means that it is also well planted further north, as far as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
How Winery Richou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed eggplant (with vegetables or mixed), round zucchini stuffed with tuna or indian chicken (simplified korma).
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Richou. often reveals types of flavors of cream, apples or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Richou. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Woody part of the grape bunch to which the berries are attached.
How Winery Richou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta carbonara a la flo without egg, light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream) or bread with cheese and bacon.
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
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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.
