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It is impossible to resist this intense nose of glazed citrus fruit, peach and wild flowers, a mouth with a rare complexity of concentrated fruity flavours thanks to botrytis and an endless finish marked by a refreshing acidity and a fine minerality.
A great liquorous wine.
Notes :- Bettane + Desseauve 14.5/20
- La Revue du Vin de France 17/ 20 + Coup de coeur
Wine characteristics
- Vintage : Les Martinières
- Year : 2015
- Appellation : Quarts de Chaume
- Colour : White
- Grape types : 100 % Chenin
- Soil : shale
- Type of viticulture : converting to organic
- Contenance : 50 cl
Tasting - Cellaring
- Appearance : golden
- Nose : intense and complex
- Mouth : fruity, smooth, full-bodied and fresh
- Serving temperature : 8-10°C
- Cellaring : 20 years and more
- Drink from : 2017
- Winemaking process : short maceration
- Maturation : 15 months in barrels
Food-matching
- Food-matching : on its own, or with a peach dessert
Experts reviews :
Bettane + Desseauve
Rated wine : 14.5/20La Revue du Vin de France
Rated wine : 17/ 20
Domain :
Already an experienced winemaker, Emmanuel Ogereau joined his father Vincent in 2014 on this 23-hectare family estate created at the end of the 19th century. Both are musicians and play off each other well to produce new plot selections that never cease to delight connoisseurs.
Appellation :
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This majestic river links various wine-growing sub-regions that go to make up the overall appellation, from the Massif Central to the Atlantic.
The Loire region extends over almost 1000 km and there are 4 sub-regions: Nantes, Anjou, Touraine and the Centre. There are 68 Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée.
Altogether, there are 65,000 hectares producing nearly 3,0000,000 hl of wine on average each year, of which 45% are whites, 22% rosés, 21% reds and 12% sparking wines.
The areas planted with vines stretch far and wide, with a number of different climatic influences, oceanic in the West, becoming more continental the further you get from the ocean.
Three words characterise these wines: diversity, quality and affordability.
Diversity, because the whites range from the driest to the sweetest, while the reds can be fruity or mineral.
Quality, thanks to the emergence of young, talented vignerons, coupled to a significant improvement in winemaking techniques.
Affordable, because there are some amazing quality-price-pleasure ratios to be found.
The main grape types for whites are melon and gros-plant around Nantes, chenin in Anjou and western Touraine, sauvignon in eastern Touraine and in the Centre.
The principal grapes used for making reds are gamay, cabernet franc and sauvignon, pinot noir and côt (or malbec).
Recent vintages
- 2011: very good maturity for reds, well-rounded and low in acidity. Dry whites more varied, but great sweet wines.
- 2012: a varied year for weather. Few sweet wines, but highly drinkable dry whites good for cellaring, particularly Sancerre. The reds are versatile and soft.
- 2013: fruity wines, easy to drink with low alcohol content.
- 2014: a great vintage in the two colours, with aromatic wines in their youth but with good racking potential. A remarkable balance between acidity, fruitiness and concentration.