The Winery Benoit Merias of Montlouis-sur-Loire of Loire Valley

Winery Benoit Merias - La Loge Montlouis Sur Loire
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 37 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Montlouis-sur-Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Benoit Merias is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Montlouis-sur-Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benoit Merias wines

Looking for the best Winery Benoit Merias wines in Montlouis-sur-Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Benoit Merias 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 Benoit Merias wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Benoit Merias

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Benoit Merias

How Winery Benoit Merias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of easy seafood gratin, homemade fish burger with mozzarella shrimp salad or express cherry clafoutis.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Benoit Merias

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Benoit Merias.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Montlouis-sur-Loire

The wine region of Montlouis-sur-Loire is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine La Taille Aux Loups or the Domaine François Chidaine produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montlouis-sur-Loire are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montlouis-sur-Loire often reveals types of flavors of cream, toasty or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, guava or dried apricot.

In the mouth of Montlouis-sur-Loire is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Montlouis-sur-Loire, producing 173 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Montlouis-sur-Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Benoit Merias

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Benoit Merias

How Winery Benoit Merias wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Benoit Merias

Planning a wine route in the of Montlouis-sur-Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Benoit Merias.

Discover the grape variety: Len de l’El

Len de l'El Blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Tarn). 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. The Len de l'El Blanc can be found grown in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Benoit Merias and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

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The word of the wine: Dish

Wine lacking tone and relief in the mouth.