There
is not only one Vouvray but several
different Vouvrays. The wine can be sweet,
flavored or full-body and dry. But one can
say that Vouvray is always at its best.
The
sweet wine has a golden color, is vigorous,
fruity and fresh. The dry and semi dry are
rich and intense.
There
is also a sparkling wine in Vouvray.
It is fruity as well - a trademark of the
Vouvray terroir in the Loire
Valley - and can
mature for a few years which is quite uncommon
for a sparkling wine.
Vouvray is
definitely an unique wine, well more accurately,
Vouvray are a few unique wines !
Vouvray
wine information :
| Name: |
Appellation
Vouvray Controlée
|
| Location: |
Right
bank of the Loire river
Close to Tours city and the Châteaux
of Loire |
| Places: |
8
villages: Vouvray, Rochecorbon, Vernou sur
Brenne, etc |
| Soil: |
Clayey
limestone
Chalk |
| Size: |
2,000
ha (4,900 acres) |
| Production: |
13 million
bottles |
| Grapes: |
Chenin
blanc (Pineau blanc de la Loire)
|
| Type
of wines: |
Sweet
viscous white wine
Dry white wine
Semi dry white wine
Sparkling white wine |
| Age: |
Sweet:
sometimes over a century !
Dry: 5 to 25 years
Semi-dry: drink now and up to 5 years
Sparkling: 1 to 4 years |
Vintages:
(recommended) |
2005,
2003, 1997, 1995, 1990, 1989 |
| Aromas: |
Quince
Honey
Almond
|
| Food: |
Chicken
in white sauce
Veal in white sauce
Fruits |
Cheese:
|
Cabécou
Camembert
Crottin de Chavignol
Livarot
Next:
Pouilly Fumé |
