Wine Laporte Sancerre AOC Le Rochoy White 2008, 375 ml
Tasting Notes
Straw yellow with golden hue.
The wine has a rich and full-bodied taste with a subtle pleasant mineral aftertaste.
The wine has a light refreshing flavor with subtle notes of white flowers and plant traits.
Le Sancerre wine Lyaport Rosu - wonderful aperitif, as well as in combination with fish dishes, seafood salad, goat cheese.
Interesting Facts
Winery Domaine Laporte (Domain Lyaport) was founded in 1850 in the heart of the prestigious Sancerre region, and today it is known worldwide for its wines of the highest quality. Domain Lyaport located in the Loire Valley, 200 km from Paris. Sancerre vineyards cover an area of 2,300 sq.m. Here on 20 acres of vines planted Sauvignon Blanc for white wines, the rest of the (5 hectares) planted with Pinot Noir vines to create a delightful red and rosé wines. The domain is located on the edge of the valley called La Cassure de Sancerre, a unique geological formation contains two types of soil: limestone - on the one side of the valley and flint - on the other. Grapes growing on two types of soils from different parts of vinification is made separately, according to the characteristics of the soil, so that each wine is endowed with individual characteristics. A special pride of the economy - a vineyard on the slopes of the Domaine du Roch, known since ancient times for its unique clay and limestone soils, which gives the yield of 45 hl / ha.
Le Sancerre wine Lyaport Rosu fermented for 10 days in steel tanks at controlled room temperature 15-20 ° C. Malolactic fermentation is not carried out. The wine is an excerpt on the noble lees for 5 months followed by aging in the bottle for at least 1 month. The result is a soft white, very fruity wine sredneteloe.
