The Winery Benjamin d'Octavie of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Benjamin d'Octavie
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1783 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Benjamin d'Octavie is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benjamin d'Octavie wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie

How Winery Benjamin d'Octavie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of dad's lamb mouse, pork roll with tomato sauce or aïoli.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie.

  • Gamay

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.

The top white wines of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie

How Winery Benjamin d'Octavie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sea bream a la plancha, mussels with camembert cheese or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Benjamin d'Octavie.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Airen

This is a very old variety that is still very present in Spain, and can also be found in Portugal, but is practically unknown in France. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A.

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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 Benjamin d'Octavie and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vinzelles, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Cruzille

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Cruzille, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWi ...

The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.