Winery Robin PicheryCoteaux du Layon Faye
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Details and technical informations about Winery Robin Pichery's Coteaux du Layon Faye.
Discover the grape variety: Godello
Structured, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden color, ample palate and preserved acidity, offering refined aromas of yellow fruits (pear, peach, quince), citrus (lemon), white flowers (acacia) and schist mineral notes. Fine barrel-ageing and cellaring potential. Star of great Galician whites: Valdeorras DO, Monterrei DO and Ribeira Sacra DO. Saved from near-extinction in the 1970s, an indigenous Galician variety from north-west Spain.
Informations about the Winery Robin Pichery
The Winery Robin Pichery is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 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: Apyrene
Seedless grape.
