Domaine du RoncéeVieilles Vignes Chinon
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Vieilles Vignes Chinon of Domaine du Roncée in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, violet or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, red fruit or floral.
Food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Chinon
Pairings that work perfectly with Vieilles Vignes Chinon
Original food and wine pairings with Vieilles Vignes Chinon
The Vieilles Vignes Chinon of Domaine du Roncée matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco), veal saltimbocca or roast venison with green pepper sauce.
Details and technical informations about Domaine du Roncée's Vieilles Vignes Chinon.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Vieilles Vignes Chinon from Domaine du Roncée are 2012, 2018, 2017, 2015 and 2016.
Informations about the Domaine du Roncée
The Domaine du Roncée is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Chinon
Northern limit of Cabernet Franc in France on the south bank of the Loire in Touraine: velvety, balanced reds with aromas of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, blackcurrant and sweet spices (vanilla, cinnamon), supple tannins and digestible freshness. Light, fruity wines from gravel soils, more structured and mineral tuffeau wines suited to ageing. Also lively rosés and rare Chenin whites. Touraine AOC west of Tours, one of France's northernmost red appellations, from everyday to age-worthy bottles.
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: Grenache gris
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
