Winery Les Athlètes du VinSaumur Champigny
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Les Athlètes du Vin's Saumur Champigny.
Discover the grape variety: Hegel
German, intraspecific cross obtained in 1955 between helfensteiner and heroldreber by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) at the Weinsberg Research Institute. With these same parents he also obtained the dornfelder. One can meet the Hegel in Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, ... completely unknown in France.
Informations about the Winery Les Athlètes du Vin
The Winery Les Athlètes du Vin is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 18 wines for sale in the of Saumur-Champigny to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny
The wine region of Saumur-Champigny is located in the region of Saumur of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Clos Rougeard produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur-Champigny are Cabernet franc, Cabernet-Sauvignon and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur-Champigny often reveals types of flavors of smoke, grass or yellow apple and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, oil or banana.
The wine region of Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.
The word of the wine: Downy mildew
Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.
