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Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquet 1996

  • Honey
  • Gastronomic wine
  • Color: Dessert White
  • 12.50% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Voluptuous

La preuve que le chenin est bien un cépage polyvalent, et que lorsque le climat le permet, il peut donner de véritables pépites en liquoreux. C'est ici, sur des sols argilo-calcaires ou argilo-siliceux qui recouvrent la craie "tuffeau", que ces vins aux notes d'acacia sont produits. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 very marked label, 1 slightly worn label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Loire
  • Appellation/Wine: Vouvray
  • More information....

Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquetserve at a temperature of 6°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Flan au caramel, Tarte aux brugnons et pistaches, Coeur fondant au citron.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 17/20
  • Lot presentation
    Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquet

    The wine

    Located upstream from Tours in the northern Loire region, the Vouvray vineyard is planted on clay-siliceous or clay-limestone topsoils over "tuffeau" chalk. Production here is split between still (dry, semi-dry or sweet depending on the years and sun) and sparkling wines, produced using traditional methods of a second fermentation process when bottled. The mellow wines feature the word "moelleux" on their labels, and are produced when the weather conditions are right (sunny autumn periods). Over-ripe grapes affected by noble rot are harvested via sorting. With age, these rich, mellow wines acquire complex aromas on par with great fortified wines: ripe quince, acacia, almonds and honey. They can be aged for up to a century.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 very marked label, 1 slightly worn label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Classic underground cellar
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: yes
    • Alcohol percentage: 12.50 %
    • Country/Region: Loire
    • Appellation/Wine: Vouvray
    • Vintage: 1996
    • Color: Dessert White
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature:
    • Viticulture: Conventional 
    • Size (in ha): 2000
    • Volume: 110000 hectolitres
    • Intensity: Voluptuous
    • Dominant aroma: Honey
    • Tasting occasion: Gastronomic wine
    • Grape variety: 100% Chenin Blanc
    Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquet
    Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquet

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    Vouvray Les Girardieres Bernard Fouquet 1996

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format