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Menetou Salon Blanc 2009 - Domaine Jacolin
Menetou Salon Blanc 2009 - Domaine Jacolin
Bottle Price: £11.95
Case Price: £136.2
- Country: France
- Region: Pays de la Loire
- Grape Variety: Sauvignon
- Alcohol: 13%
- Bottle Size: 75cl
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Dry with quince and apricot with a touch of mineral on the nose. Rich in fruit and body with a rounded ripe Sauvignon Blanc character - asparagus, peach and blackcurrant on the taste.
Pierre Jacolin - Menetou Salon, Loire
Menetou Salon shares the same soil as its illustrious neighbour Sancerre and grows the same grape varieties. The Appellation owes its beginnings to its proximity to the medieval city of Bourges and its access to the rail and road network which connects it to Paris, the major marketplace in the early part of last century.
Menetou Salon Blanc, made from 100% Sauvignon Blanc, should be drunk young and offers fresh, spicy whites, delicate fruity rosés and lively, scented reds. There are notes of asparagus, white flowers with peach-blackcurrant, and a lemony freshness on the palate.
From its source high up in the Massif Central, the longest river in France begins its meandering 1000 km route first northwards and then to the west and the ocean. Vines along the way produce the greatest diversity of wine styles, from extremely dry to intensely sweet, still to sparkling, and light white to dark ruby. Names include Muscadet in the Nantes region, Pouilly Fume and the intensely flavoured Chinons. Coteaux de Layons and Bonnezeaux produce superb Chenin Blanc wines.
The Loire Valley wine region includes the French wine regions situated along the Loire River from the Muscadet region near the city of Nantes on the Atlantic coast to the region of Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé just southeast of the city of Orléans in north central France. In between are the regions of Anjou, Saumur, Bourgueil, Chinon, and Vouvray.
The Loire Valley itself follows the river through the Loire province to the river's origins in the Cévennes but the majority of the wine production takes place in the regions noted above. The area includes 87 appellations under the Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC), Vin Délimité de Qualité Superieure (VDQS) and Vin de pays systems. While the majority of production is white wine from the Chenin blanc, Sauvignon blanc and Melon de Bourgogne grapes, there are red wines made (especially around the Chinon region) from Cabernet franc. In addition to still wines, rosé, sparkling and dessert wines are also produced. With Crémant production throughout the Loire, it is the second largest sparkling wine producer in France after Champagne.Among these different wine styles, Loire wines tend to exhibit characteristic fruitiness with fresh, crisp flavors-especially in their youth.
The Loire Valley has a long history of winemaking dating back to the 1st century. In the High Middle Ages, the wines of the Loire Valley were the most esteemed wines in England and France, even more prized than those from Bordeaux