Vignoble de la GriocheBourgueil Vin d'Oeil
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Vignoble de la Grioche's Bourgueil Vin d'Oeil.
Discover the grape variety: Dattier de Saint Vallier
Table grape with long bunches and elongated golden berries, thin skin and crisp flesh, pleasant sweet flavour. Rarely vinified. Grown for fresh consumption in south-east France and Spain, valued for its attractive appearance, pleasant taste and good cold-storage life. French white table grape variety obtained in 1922 at Saint-Vallier (Drôme), a cross of chasselas × dattier de Beyrouth.
Informations about the Vignoble de la Grioche
The Vignoble de la Grioche is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in the of Bourgueil to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bourgueil
Dominant Cabernet Franc on the Loire north bank in Touraine: reds with a dual profile depending on terroir. Gravelly wines near the river are supple and fruity (morello cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blueberry), age 2-5 years, accessible young. Tuffeau slope wines are more structured and tannic with leather, cocoa, roasted and spice notes, long ageing. Purple robe, finesse and well-integrated acidity, signature Loire Cabernet Franc elegance, neighbour to Chinon.
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: Liquid
Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).
