Chenin Blanc is one of the few grape varieties that can do all common wine disciplines perfectly. So still wine, sparkling wine and sweet wine. Sweet Vouvray, known as moelleux, is one of the most exciting and long-lasting sweet wines in the world.
The family winery Domaine d’Orfeuilles, run by Paul Hérivault and his son Bernard, is located in Reugny, east of the city of Tours, on the Loire. With the Cuvée d’Automne, the domaine produces an excellent, residually sweet Vouvray that can mature for a long time. The residual sugar content of this wine is around 100 grams, about the same level as a Sauternes, but the Vouvray has more acid than these wines, which makes it fresher and more grippy.
The aromas of the Vouvray Cuvée d’Automne are very typical of Chenin Blanc, the ripe pear dominates. There are also notes of baked apple, honey and a delicate herbal spice. This Vouvray derives its magic on the palate from the perfect balance between juicy fruity sweetness and the perfectly marbled acidity, which gives the wine a freshness and subtle elegance. An excellent sweet wine that will give you great pleasure for decades if you give it the time, because it already tastes brilliant.
Optimal drinking
now until 2050+
Analysis data
13.0% Alc. Vol.
Refining
in barriques
Grape varieties
100% Chenin Blanc
Reviews
** Guide Hachette (2015 vintage)
Closure
Cork
Type
dry white wine
Bottled by: EARL HERIVAULT Bernard, La Croix Blanche F-37380 REUGNY - France Produced in France - contains sulfites. Organic wine FR-BIO-01
