Vouvray
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 ! - 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:
1,900 ha (4,700 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 2 years
Sparkling: 1 to 4 years
Vintages(recommended) :
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
