Château Soucherie - Champ aux Loups - Anjou Villages Rouge 2008

Wine:

Château de Soucherie's Champ aux Loups 2008 Red is distinguished by a lovely expression of fruit. With its delicate red fruit and violet aromas this wine is seductive and complex on the nose. On entry, the wine is powerful and generous, we very quickly find these delicious fruity notes along with a slight touch of toast and vanilla. Refined and charming, this is a very classy Anjou.

Vinification:

The grapes are de-stalked before going into tank. After the cold maceration phase, fermentation starts naturally. At the end of the vatting period the wine is run into cask to carry out its malo-lactic fermentation and continue its aging in oak casks for 18 months.

Color:

Garnet colour with purplish highlights.

Nose:

Seductive on the nose, aromas of red fruit and violet. A slight oakiness adds complexity.

Palate:

The wine is powerful and generous on entry. It intoxicates and delights the palate with its structure and the sensation of biting into the fruit already detected on the nose.

Temperature:

Serve between 14 and 16°C.

Food and wine pairing:

Red meats in a sauce (rib of beef, filet mignon..), grilled lamb or feathered and furred game, cheeses, chocolate mousse.

Cellar aging:

Enjoy up to and including 2014

Château de Soucherie enjoys stunning views over the Layon hillside vineyards. Extending over 36 hectares, the estate offers a wide range of wines from dry white and sweet white, to sparkling and still reds. Taken over by M. Béguinot in 2007, the estate is now moving towards sustainable, environmentally-friendly viticulture. With the 2008 and 2009 vintages this estate is moving up in quality, and should become an important player within the Anjou appellation.