The best wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

Discover the best wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau of Loire Valley as well as the best winemakers of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau and estates of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau by region

Looking for a good wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau of Loire Valley among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

Red wines from the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, stuffed tomatoes or duck breast with honey sauce.

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • Cabernet Franc

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Discovering the wine region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

The wine region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château de la Roche en Loire or the Domaine Le Sot de l'Ange produce mainly wines white, pink and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau are Chenin blanc, Grolleau and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau often reveals types of flavors of citrus, yeast or non oak and sometimes also flavors of banana, melon or vanilla.

In the mouth of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 10 estates and châteaux in the of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau, producing 24 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry.

Great white wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

White wines from the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of skate wing with caper butter, cream and tuna quiche or traditional welsh dark beer.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

On the nose the white wine of the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or lime and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or tomatoes. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • 2016With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.86/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Great sparkling wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

Sparkling wines from the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of ramen burger, lamb keftas or beef fajitas.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, peach or minerality and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, raspberry or yeast.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • 2019With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • Grolleau
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Carignan
  • Gamay
  • Chenin Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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The word of the wine: Chai

Place where the wine-making process takes place.

Great pink wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

Pink wines from the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of pot-au-feu, leg or shoulder of lamb with honey and thyme or breton galette with buckwheat flour.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • 0With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

  • Grolleau
  • Gamay
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Chenin Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

A wine route planned in the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau.

    Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

    It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

    Great sweet wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

    See the top 100 best sweet wines of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

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    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

    Sweet wines from the region of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, pork colombo or rabbit on the barbecue.

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Touraine-Azey-le-Rideau

    • Cabernet Franc

    The word of the wine: Sorting

    Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.