CHATEAU MONCONTOUR,
VOUVRAY BRUT NV (PS16.20 VINVUM WINE MERCHANT) Sparkling
Vouvray is something of a rarity outside of France and that's because the French drink most of it themselves.
This summer grab your bike, follow your nose, palate and eyes through the beautiful French vineyards of
Vouvray for a memorable moment that will stand out on your bucket list.
2017 Exquisite Collection
Vouvray PS6.99 75cl Off-dry wines don't always win major plaudits but this well priced, chenin-based Loire white deservedly has many friends.
BEST WINE THIS is the area where
Vouvray wines are produced using delicious Chenin Blanc grapes.
Restaurant manager Austin Moreno served a chenin blanc from Domaine Champalou,
Vouvray AOC, Loire Valley, France.
Cloudy Bay Te Koko CHENIN BLANC A VERSATILE Loire Valley grape used in sparkling and still wines that can veer from very sweet to bone dry,
Vouvray in Touraine produces some of the best chenin with a minerally, lemony freshness to the apple core that's laced with honey.
For the Chenin Blanc, I stayed in the Loire and La Grille's very fresh-tasting 2014
Vouvray ([pounds sterling]8.99).
We eventually cracked, and joined a guided tour of the centre where they produce the famous
Vouvray wine.
Menu includes Country Pork Terrine with Oregon Truffles (with Franois Pinon Brut
Vouvray Non Dos Loire Valley); Winter Chicory and Warm Bacon Salad (Jean Bourdy Brut Crmant du Jura); Duck Confit With Braised Cabbage and Crispy Potato Cake or Rabbit Fricasse with Champagne, Mustard, Cream, Tarragon and Fresh Pasta (Moutard Brut Grande Cuve Cte de Barre Champagne or Piollot Brut Cuve de Rserve Polisot Champagne); Triple Cream Cow's Milk Cheese with Pear-Walnut Bread (Parigot Brut Ros Crmant de Bourgogne Burgundy); and Dark Chocolate Bavarian Cream With Whipped Cream and Warm Chocolate Sauce.
Chenin blanc achieves its most captivating forms in the Loire, in well-known areas like
Vouvray and Savennieres, and in the hands of excellent vignerons throughout Touraine and Anjou who, for one reason or another, may not use an appellation name.
A sweet wine, for example a
Vouvray, can actually taste dry because of a high level of acidity.
Outside of the Champagne region,
Vouvray in the Loire Valley offers one of the best sparkling wine values, according to Cirilli.
There, Chenin Blanc is sometimes bone-dry (as in the Savennieres region), sometimes a little off-dry (
Vouvray leans that way), but never too sweet.
Des parcelles de vigne du vignoble de
Vouvray ont ete devastees.
Other possible stops include the medieval center of Tours, wine towns like
Vouvray and restaurants along the Loire.
