Le Clos du Chateau Valencay Reviews

“I'm a Sauvignon Blanc fan. You might have gathered...”

Written on: 10/11/2009 by degbert (120 reviews written)

I'm a Sauvignon Blanc fan. You might have gathered that from all my S-B reviews. The Loire valley features heavily, as the 'home' of the good Sauvignon Blanc. But the problem is that, as a light wine, anything with significant taste on the food front will all but drown out the subtleties of the wine. For a herb crust, or cheese crumb topping, or even a heavyweight steaky fish, or even more so poultry, S-B doesn't cope.

And the problem, normally, is plan B for white wine is a biggish jump... (read more)