The Winery Auguste Bonhomme of Loire Valley

Winery Auguste Bonhomme
The winery offers 35 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Auguste Bonhomme.
It is ranked in the top 1037 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Auguste Bonhomme is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 35 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Auguste Bonhomme wines

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

The top pink wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

How Winery Auguste Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef marengo "my mom" style, pasta carbonara almost like the real thing or rabbit provencale (mario style).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

  • 2013With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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 white wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

How Winery Auguste Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of pike quenelles with lobster bisque sauce, avocado verrine and quick or fish blaff (west indies).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

On the nose the white wine of Winery Auguste Bonhomme. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, minerality or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or grapefruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Auguste Bonhomme. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme.

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Grenache Blanc

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.

The top red wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

How Winery Auguste Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of baeckeoffe, veal cutlets with savoy tomme or cassoulet of the sea.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme

  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.18/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Auguste Bonhomme.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Merlot
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Sweet

Generic term for wines containing residual sugar (natural sugars in the grapes that have not been transformed into alcohol). It is also used to describe a wine with a dominantly sweet flavour, without further explanation.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Auguste Bonhomme

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 Auguste Bonhomme.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.