Coteaux du Layon: Château la Tomaze: Cuvée des Lys 1995

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.

  • Bottle
    £29.50
  • Bottle (case)
    £354.00

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.

  • Style: White Wine, Sweet (Moelleux), Light-bodied
  • Region: LoireCoteaux 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%

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