The Domaine Andrée is one of the best wineries to follow in Centre Loire.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Centre Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Domaine Andrée wines in Centre Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Andrée 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 Domaine Andrée wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Domaine Andrée wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, rabbit stew the old fashioned way or leg of wild boar.
On the nose the red wine of Domaine Andrée. often reveals types of flavors of non oak.
The Centre-Loire sub-region is located in the Loire Valley region, southeast of the Paris Basin. Its surface area is difficult to determine and the vineyards are made up of plots that vary in Size and are isolated, but also of plots of several hundred hectares. On a limestone base, the Centre-Loire has at least four types of soil: the terres blanches, Deep brown calcareous soils, which give the wines firmness, vivacity and fullness; the caillotes, Hard limestone soils, which give the wines pleasure, tenderness in their youth and a characteristic fruitiness; the grillotes, of friable limestone from which the wines take notes of candied fruits and honey; and the chailloux, siliceous with fine and coarse elements (clays, silts and sands, gravels, and pebbles), giving the wines firmness, persistent aromas, a Spicy nuance and a note of gunflint The caillotes and grillottes are shallow, stony soils, which Warm up quickly in the spring and have good rainwater Runoff, resulting in early ripening of the grapes for the production of fine, Soft, fruity wines. The semi-continental climate with microclimatic variations is ideal for the Sauvignon grape variety which gives white wines a rare harmony and perfection, and also ideal for the Pinot Noir which produces little known but no less surprising red wines.
The Centre-Loire region has nine appellations but is particularly well known for its AOC Sancerre, Quincy, Reuilly and Menetou-Salon. These appellations include those from the Auvergne vineyards (Saint-Pourçain, Côte-Roannaise and Côtes-du-Forez).
How Domaine Andrée wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon pave en papillotte, quiche lorraine or keftas tajine with eggs.
On the nose the white wine of Domaine Andrée. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, apples or almonds and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Andrée. is a with a nice freshness.
Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.
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It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.
