Winery Verdier LogelLa Volcanique
Red wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Gamay.
This wine generally goes well with beef
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the La Volcanique of Winery Verdier Logel in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or earthy and sometimes also flavors of minerality, red fruit or strawberries.
Food and wine pairings with La Volcanique
Pairings that work perfectly with La Volcanique
Original food and wine pairings with La Volcanique
The La Volcanique of Winery Verdier Logel matches generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Details and technical informations about Winery Verdier Logel's La Volcanique.
Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir
Light, juicy reds, low in tannins with crunchy freshness, showing aromas of wild strawberry, raspberry, banana (from carbonic maceration) and peony. Easy-drinking style of Beaujolais Nouveau, more structured and mineral on the granites of the ten crus (Morgon, Moulin-à-Vent, Fleurie, Brouilly). Also in Touraine, Auvergne and Swiss Romande. A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of La Volcanique from Winery Verdier Logel are 2020, 2017, 2016, 0 and 2023.
Informations about the Winery Verdier Logel
The Winery Verdier Logel is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Côtes du Forez to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côtes du Forez
Loire AOC (2000) in the Loire department between the Forez mountains and the Auvergne volcanoes, granite and basaltic soils, altitude climate. Saint-Romain Gamay is the exclusive signature red (a local clone): light and crunchy with bright red fruits (cherry, raspberry, strawberry), flowers and a peppery mineral note, melted tannins and fresh acidity — often carbonic maceration. Fresh Forez rosés. Accessible, easy-drinking wines.
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: Phenolic ripeness
A distinction is made between the ripeness of sugars and acids and the ripeness of tannins and other compounds such as anthocyanins and tannins, which will bring structure and colour. Grapes can be measured at 13° potential without having reached this phenolic maturity. Vinified at this stage, they will give hard, astringent wines, without charm.
