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 quick meatloaf.

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

  • Gamay

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 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 braised beef with carrots.

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

  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alain Baillon

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

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

  • Gamay Noir

Discover the grape variety: Listan

The white Listan is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape used for the elaboration of wine. However, it can also be found eating on our tables! This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches and medium to large grapes. The white Listan can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

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: Aragnan

A very rare white grape variety that can be found in the blends of the Palette appellation (Provence).

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Discover the grape variety: Araignan

Araignan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (south of France). 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 and large grapes. Araignan blanc is found in the vineyards of Provence and Corsica.

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