The Winery Alpha Loire of Loire Valley

Winery Alpha Loire
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2488 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Alpha Loire is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alpha Loire wines

Looking for the best Winery Alpha Loire wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alpha Loire 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 Alpha Loire wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alpha Loire

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Alpha Loire

How Winery Alpha Loire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of shrimp and cherry tomato quiche, savoury cake base and various fillings or patatas bravas (fried potatoes with spicy tomato sauce).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Alpha Loire

In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Alpha Loire. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Alpha Loire

  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Alpha Loire.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Loire Valley

The Loire Valley is a key wine region in western France. It follows the course of the Loire River on its Long journey through the heart of France, from the inland hills of the Auvergne to the plains of the French Atlantic coast near Nantes (Muscadet country). Important in terms of quantity and quality, the region produces large quantities (about 4 million h/l each year) of everyday wines, as well as some of France's greatest wines. Diversity is another of the region's major assets; the styles of wine produced here range from the light, tangy Muscadet to the Sweet, honeyed Bonnezeaux, the Sparkling whites of Vouvray and the juicy, Tannic reds of Chinon and Saumur.

It's quite telling that this brief overview of the region's wines doesn't even mention the Loire Valley's two most famous wines - Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume. White wines are clearly the strong point of the Loire Valley and represent the vast majority of production. A significant proportion of these are produced under PGI appellations, most commonly the IGP Loire (formerly Vin de Pays du Jardin de la France), which covers the whole region. The main white Grape varieties used for the production of white wines in the Loire Valley are Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Melon de Bourgogne and, more popular than the traditional, Chardonnay.

The top red wines of Winery Alpha Loire

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alpha Loire

How Winery Alpha Loire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of oriental lamb skewers, potato and bacon omelette or caramel chicken.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alpha Loire

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alpha Loire.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Côt
  • Merlot
  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Pineau d'Aunis

The wines produced in the Vendôme region are of excellent quality thanks to an exceptional grape variety: pineau d'aunis. For example, the red wines of the region, with their aromas of ripe red fruit and sweet spices, are a blend of Pineau d'Aunis, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. The Vendôme hillsides are less than 200 km southwest of Paris. Pineau d'Aunis, a vigorous black grape variety, was first cultivated in the 9th century. It is characterized by a late budburst. Moreover, its foliage partially reddens in autumn. Although it is difficult to grow, Pineau d'Aunis is a high-yielding grape variety, producing between 40 and 80 hectolitres per hectare. It produces a wine with low alcohol content, supple, light-coloured and very aromatic. The "Pineau d'Aunis" grape variety is used as a single variety for the production of Coteaux du Vendômois. On the other hand, it is used in blends for Anjou, Rosé d'Anjou, Crémant de vallée de la Loire, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Saumur, Saumur Champigny, Coteaux du Loir and Touraine. Finally, it is an accessory grape variety for Valençay.

The top white wines of Winery Alpha Loire

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alpha Loire

How Winery Alpha Loire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of stuffed mushrooms, pasta with tuna and tomato or marinated shrimp sautéed asian style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alpha Loire

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alpha Loire. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, vegetal or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, apples or pepper. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alpha Loire. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alpha Loire

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alpha Loire.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Castle

A term often used to designate wineries, even if they do not have a real castle.

The top pink wines of Winery Alpha Loire

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alpha Loire

How Winery Alpha Loire wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of tomatoes, zucchini, potatoes stuffed moroccan style with..., salmon blanquette or chicken curry samoussas.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alpha Loire.

  • Pineau D'Aunis
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alpha Loire

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.