Description / Reviews
"Coteaux du Layon are sweet white wines made from Chenin Blanc. The appellation covers 27 municipalities on both sides of the Layon. The most famous part is closest to the Loire. It includes in particular the commune of Rochefort sur Loire. The terroir is made up of sandstone shales. The vines are aged from 15 to 65 years. The Carte d’Or corresponds to a selection of grapes from old vines on the slopes of Layon. Fractional pneumatic pressing, direct in whole bunches. Fermented at low temperatures, long and controlled with ageing on fine lees for 8 months in stailess steel tank. 11.5% alc, 92.3g RS" - Winemaker Notes
"Beautiful, refined sweet wine to finish off any feast. Flavours of apples, pears and sour quince. A mineral backbone with a long, fresh finish. Ample material that lines the palate with delicacy, rich aromas of quince jam and baked apple, honeyed notes, the tension of the attack to the finish gives a perfect balance sugar / acidity to this sweet nectar." - Importer Notes
"The harvest and vinification of the Coteaux du Layon fruit follows closely the same philosophies with picking in tries, only here the aim is clearly to obtain fruit more marked by botrytis. The fruit is channelled into at least three cuvées, on occasion complemented by some purchased fruit from a grower in St Lambert du Lattay. This purchased fruit does not contribute to the more elevated cuvées but only to the very serviceable Carte d’Or, an entry-level wine with a lighter, elegant style with not a prodigious level of residual sugar." - Chris Kissack, The Wine Doctor
