The Winery Andre Benoist of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Andre Benoist - Lamarthe Pouilly Fumé
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.9.
It is ranked in the top 5150 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Andre Benoist is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Andre Benoist wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Andre Benoist

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Andre Benoist

How Winery Andre Benoist wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of simple pork roast, marinated shrimp sautéed asian style or yassa chicken (senegal).

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Andre Benoist

  • 2014With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Andre Benoist.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Touraine

The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.

In the mouth of Touraine is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 638 estates and châteaux in the of Touraine, producing 1688 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Touraine go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Andre Benoist

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

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.

News about Winery Andre Benoist and wines from the region

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Harvesting and handling. It is the artisan winemaker. He elaborates his own champagne, often a monocru representative of the village or the surrounding villages.