Coteaux du Layon: Chateau la Tomaze: Cuvee des Lys 1995
Description
A rich, golden wine of incredible concentration. Its unctuous raisin fruit and subtle honey and mineral flavours are uplifted by charming acidity and an incredible finesse.
- Style: White Wine, Sweet (Moelleux), Light-bodied
- Region: Loire, Coteaux du Layon,
- Producer: Vincent Lecointre
- Vintage: 1995
- Grape variety (Cépage): Chenin Blanc
- Wine pairing - drink with: Blue Cheese, Fruit desserts
- Cellarage: Ready to drink from bottling, this wine ages fantastically well in the medium and long term, especially in superior vintages when it will keep for decades.
- Vinification: Low yields (25 hl/ha) of botrytised (80%), triage (successive vine combing) harvested grapes undergo a delicate 5 hour pressing before being fermented and matured in large, used oak barrels for 12 months prior to a light filtration and bottling.
- Alcohol by Volume (ABV): 12.5%
- Full Tasting Notes (PDF): Download
Coteaux du Layon: Château la Tomaze: Cuvée des Lys 1995
Vincent's flagship 'Cuvee des Lys' is a wonderfully concentrated and well delineated wine friom mature vines that is only produced in superior vintages. It is a fabulous expression of unctuous, multi-faceted Chenin Blanc with alluring dried fruit and mineral notes that become more pronounced with bottle age.