Vouvray

Wine information: With its majestic cellars in the heart of the Touraine, Marc Brédif has been one of the most famous Vouvray and Chinon houses since 1893. When Baron Patrick de Ladoucette took over the house in 1980, he breathed new life into the century old winery, while preserving its traditions. Today, Marc Brédif continues to produce Vouvray and Chinon wines of the finest quality. The history of the wines of Vouvray is directly linked to the religious history of Touraine. From the 4th century onwards, the monks owned most of the vineyards, including the best growths. The cellars of Marc Brédif are among the biggest and most beautiful of the appellation and the digging of the tuffe hillsides to make them began in the 8th century.

Tasting Notes: This wine has a bright, pale golden-colour. On the nose there are intense peach and apricot fruits combined with the almost wooly scent that is so classic of great Chenin Blanc. The palate shows good, bracing acidity, a hallmark of the Loire, with rich rounded, peachy fresh fruit and a herbaceous complexity. The acidity is naturally balanced by the slight residual sugar making this an exceptional wine. Drinking well now this wine has the potential to age 5-10 years.

Reviews: "This tightly wound white improves in the glass, releasing its honeysuckle and white flower aromas in time. The tenuous read more...balance of appley sweetness and mineral dryness is textbook Chenin Blanc - delicious." 87 Points, Wine & Spirits Magazine.

 
     

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