The Château Elget of Loire Valley

Château Elget
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 9742 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Château Elget is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Elget wines

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

The top red wines of Château Elget

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Elget

How Château Elget wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, thomas's shoulder of lamb or chicken curry samoussas.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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 Château Elget

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Elget

How Château Elget wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of monkfish tail with coconut milk and curry, hummus (chickpea puree) or microwave quick fish fillets.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Elget

  • 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 Elget.

  • Melon de Bourgogne

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Elget

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 Château Elget.

Discover the grape variety: Melon de Bourgogne

Melon de Bourgogne (or simply Melon) is a white grape variety originating, as its name indicates, from the Burgundy region. It is better known as Muscadet, the name of the wine it produces. It is the dominant grape variety in the Nantes region on the Brittany coast. Like any grape variety, it has its own characteristics. But its history is quite particular, because its predominance in the Nantes region is the result of a terrible winter.

News about Château Elget and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Charnay-les-Mâcon

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The word of the wine: Hygrometry

Humidity level of the cellar necessary for a good ageing of the wines. The recommended hygrometry is around 70% in order to guarantee a good elasticity of the corks while preserving the labels.