Domaine des Brosses Menetou-Salon Blanc 2025
AC, Domaine des Brosses, 750 ml
Sauvignon Blanc from Menetou-Salon
- A Menetou-Salon from the Loire – with a lightness that wins you over straight away.
- A bouquet of lemon balm with a hint of pepper. Juicy and fresh on the palate, with a salty note.
- Perfect with aperitifs, seafood, goat’s cheese and vegetarian dishes such as asparagus risotto.
Description
A Menetou-Salon from the Loire – fresh and juicy, with a lightness that immediately wins you over. Lemon balm, green apple and peppery notes on the nose. Lively on the palate with juicy fruit, underpinned by crisp freshness and a subtle salty note in the finish. One sip of this Sauvignon Blanc – and everyday life fades into the background, bringing the landscape of the Loire Valley noticeably closer. Pairs superbly with aperitifs, seafood, goat’s cheese or vegetable dishes such as asparagus risotto.
Attributes
| Grape variety: | Sauvignon Blanc |
| Producer: | Domaine des Brosses |
| Ripening potential: | 1 to 5 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Apéro riche, Goat's cheese, Seafood salad |
| Vinification: | fermentation in steel tank, soft pressing, long must fermentation, cooling period, fining |
| Maturation: | bâtonnage, in steel tank |
| Bottling: | filtration |
| Maturation duration: | 8 months |
| Volume: | 13.0 % |
Sauvignon Blanc
The Sauvignon blanc can be recognized with your eyes closed. Its typical bouquet is marked by green notes: freshly cut grass, tomato bunches, gooseberry. Citrus fruits, cassis and flint join into the mix. In warmer latitudes it also shows exotic aromas, such as passion fruit. Its acidity is decidedly lively. In all likelihood, it comes from the Loire Valley, where it is vinified in Pouilly-Fumé and Sancerre in its purest form: varietally, and without timber. In the 18th century, it found its way to Bordeaux. Ambitious producers assemble it there with Sémillon into substantial whites, which are aged in oak barrels. The Sauvignon blanc has been a sensational success in the past 20 years in New Zealand. With its refreshing sweet-and-sour style, winemakers from down under have conquered the world. The rich Sauvignons from Styria and crisp examples of South Tyrol and Friuli are worth mentioning as well. It pairs with anything from the sea. Or do it like they do on the Loire, and enjoy it with goat cheese.
