The Winery Alphonse Dolly of Loire Valley

Winery Alphonse Dolly
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 2349 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Alphonse Dolly is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alphonse Dolly wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alphonse Dolly

How Winery Alphonse Dolly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, magic marinade (for shrimps, scallops, fish...) or kefta.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alphonse Dolly. often reveals types of flavors of pear, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alphonse Dolly. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 Alphonse Dolly

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alphonse Dolly

How Winery Alphonse Dolly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of aiguillette of duck with honey, pigeon with bacon and mushrooms or mixed paella valenciana.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alphonse Dolly. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly

  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alphonse Dolly.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.