The Winery Alain Baillon of Haute Loire of Loire Valley

Winery Alain Baillon
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1814 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Haute Loire in the region of Loire Valley
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The Winery Alain Baillon is one of the best wineries to follow in Haute Loire.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Haute Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alain Baillon wines

Looking for the best Winery Alain Baillon wines in Haute Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alain Baillon wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alain Baillon wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alain Baillon

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The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alain Baillon.

  • Gamay Noir

Discovering the wine region of Haute Loire

Haute Loire is an unofficial name for the wine-producing communes of the Loire Valley located upstream (South and east) from Touraine. It includes two of the Loire's most famous appellations - Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume - along with a number of lesser known appellations such as Orléans, Valencay, Quincy and Côtes du Forez. The concept of a "Haute Loire" sub-region is necessary because the appellations that make it up are not grouped by an administrative or historical region; their main commonality is their proximity to the Loire River. Most other French wine regions correspond closely to an administrative region or department (e.

g. Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Provence). There is indeed a department of the Loire, but it is hundreds of miles upstream from the heart of the Loire Vineyard. Ironically, it is home to two of the least known appellations in the Loire Valley: Côte Roannaise and Côtes du Forez.

Like nowhere else on the Loire, these two regions specialize in red and rosé wines made from Gamay. Their style of wine and their sandy, granitic soils mean that they have more in common with Beaujolais (just 50 km to the east) than with any other Loire appellation.

The top red wines of Winery Alain Baillon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alain Baillon

How Winery Alain Baillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alain Baillon.

  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Négret pounjut

An ancient grape variety endemic to the Fronton region in the Haute Garonne that could also be found in La Ville Dieu du Temple in the Lot et Garonne. Today, it is not very present in the vineyard and is on the verge of extinction. It is, however, registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A. It should not be confused with Négret de Banhars, Négret Castrais or Négret de la Canourgue, and it should be noted that it is related to Prunelard. Négret pounjut is completely unknown in other wine-producing countries.

The top pink wines of Winery Alain Baillon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alain Baillon

How Winery Alain Baillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of grandma melanie's cassoulet.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alain Baillon.

  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Musky

Said of an odor reminiscent of musk.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alain Baillon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Alain Baillon

How Winery Alain Baillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Alain Baillon.

  • Gamay Noir

Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir

Gamay is a Burgundian grape variety that has existed since the 14th century. For fear of competition with the pinot noir of Burgundy, gamay was finally uprooted and planted in the Beaujolais region, from Mâcon to Lyon. These siliceous and granitic soils suit it perfectly, and it gives its best here. But it is also planted all over France, such as in Lorraine, in the Loire Valley, in Bugey, in Savoie and in Auvergne. Gamay is early and very productive and needs to be limited so that quality prevails over quantity. Short winter pruning of the shoots and high density of vines per hectare are the methods that allow it to produce very fruity, fresh and greedy red wines. Gamay is also very popular in red wine futures, and produces wines from the Beaujolais region with very interesting character and ageing potential. The AOCs Crémant-de-Bourgogne, Mâcon, Anjou, Touraine, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Côtes-d'Auvergne, Saint-Pourçain, Bugey, Gaillac, Côtes du Luberon... and many vins de pays are proud of it. Today, about 36,000 hectares of Gamay are cultivated in France, including 22,000 hectares in Beaujolais.

The top white wines of Winery Alain Baillon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alain Baillon

How Winery Alain Baillon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Finesse

Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.

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Planning a wine route in the of Haute Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alain Baillon.

Discover the grape variety: Aidani

This grape variety has been cultivated in Greece for a very long time - most often at high altitudes - more specifically in the Cyclades islands, the island of Rhodes, Crete, etc. and is practically unknown in other wine-producing countries, including France. We can meet the black aidani or mavro, very rare, it has however no link with the white or aspro.

News about Winery Alain Baillon and wines from the region

At the heart of the Mâcon terroir

In line with our previous videos « The Climats of Chablis seen from the sky » and « The vineyards of Bourgogne, seen from the sky » », the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) and the Union des Producteurs de Vins de Mâcon offer you a new stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. Established in 1937, this Régionale appellation is divided into three levels: – The first level is known as white, red or rosé Mâcon. The grapes used can come from all around the Mâconnais. – The second level is name ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Burgy

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Burgy, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

The Rully appellation seen by Felix Debavelaere

Felix Debavelaere, from Domaine Rois Mages mentions the different personnalities of the Rully appellation. It is not easy to put it in a single box, not only because it can be produced in red and white but also because the wines can show different characters according to where the vines are planted. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 2021). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bourgo ...

The word of the wine: Musky

Said of an odor reminiscent of musk.

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