The Château de Nitray of Touraine of Loire Valley

Château de Nitray
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 320 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Château de Nitray is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Nitray wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Château de Nitray

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château de Nitray

How Château de Nitray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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 Château de Nitray

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Nitray

How Château de Nitray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole, tuna brick (light) or goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Nitray

On the nose the white wine of Château de Nitray. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château de Nitray. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Nitray

  • 2017With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Nitray.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top red wines of Château de Nitray

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Nitray

How Château de Nitray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shoulder of suckling lamb confit with herbs, quiche without pastry or rabbit with mustard, thyme and cream.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Nitray

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Nitray.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Côt

The word of the wine: BSA

Brut sans année, is said of non-vintage champagnes. It is the technical name of the first price champagne made from wines of different years. They are most often called Tradition, Carte blanche, Réserve. To be drunk quickly, rather as an aperitif.

The top pink wines of Château de Nitray

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Château de Nitray

How Château de Nitray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of harira algerian soup, wild rice salad with tuna or eggs in meurette.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Château de Nitray.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grolleau

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Nitray

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 Château de Nitray.

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

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.