Domaine des Baumard Clos de Sainte Catherine (box of 3 bottles)

Domaine des Baumard Clos de Sainte Catherine

Baumard Clos de Sainte Catherine, a French Loire wine, has a bright to deep golden yellow color with silver sparkles. Rich and complex of flavors, with honey, pear, apricot, spring blossom and mineral undertones. On the tongue pure purity, minerality, ripe fruit, a hint of herbs, an excellent balance between sour and sweet, a lot of elegance and a huge length.

Wine - Food pairing

Pairs well with melon and jambon de Bayonne, patties and terrines of poultry, poultry liver cakes, cold fatty goose liver, chaud-froid from outer run farm chicken. At the desserts, absolutely avoid: chocolate, red fruit, oranges and apples! Recommended: poached peaches, apricots or pears cakes, lightly baked almonds and / or almond paste, cream anglaise, protein foam cakes or baked cakes (vacherin). For the true lover especially recommended by creamy, not too spicy blue-skimmed cheeses.

Clos Saint Catherine

The Clos Sainte Catherine is located just above Rochefort sur Loire. On clear sky days you can enjoy stunning views from Angers in the east to the border with Brittany in the west. Vinification (winemaking): for this classic cuvée wine, the grapes are hand-picked from older vines. Only overripe and/or botrytis-blessed grapes are harvested, in several successive pickings. After the pneumatic pressing, fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks, under controlled temperature. This wine falls under the category 'moelleux' (note: pronunciation = 'môaleuh', and not 'moeijeuh'!), which indicates a relatively (slightly) sweet wine with a good sweet/sour balance.

92 points Wine Spectator, 91 points Robert Parker Wine Advocate.