The Château La Forchetiere of Pays Nantais of Loire Valley

Château La Forchetiere
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Grands Chais de France (Groupe GCF).
It is ranked in the top 10 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Pays Nantais in the region of Loire Valley

The Château La Forchetiere is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Pays Nantais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château La Forchetiere wines

Looking for the best Château La Forchetiere wines in Pays Nantais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château La Forchetiere 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 La Forchetiere wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château La Forchetiere

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château La Forchetiere

How Château La Forchetiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette (from a real savoyard), sun burger or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château La Forchetiere

On the nose the white wine of Château La Forchetiere. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, oaky or minerality and sometimes also flavors of stone, earth or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Château La Forchetiere. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château La Forchetiere

  • 2018With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.43/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château La Forchetiere.

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Chardonnay
  • Piquepoul Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Pays Nantais

The Pays Nantais is the region surrounding the city of Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of Brittany, France. The region covers an area of about 90 kilometres from east to west, between neighbouring Anjou and the Atlantic coast. Most of the production produces light, fresh white wines. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Muscadet, where the melon">Melon de Bourgogne grape dominates the plantings.

Muscadet wines are, in turn, produced under several different appellations, including Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine. Melon de Bourgogne is not a particularly tasty grape variety, so without care in the Vineyard and careful Vinification, the wines are likely to be rather bland and Characterless. This is especially true in hot vintages, when the grapes tend to lose their Organoleptic complexity and their vital, characteristic Acidity. In order to glean as much flavour and character as possible from the grape must, many wines are left on the lees for weeks or even months.

The top red wines of Château La Forchetiere

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château La Forchetiere

How Château La Forchetiere wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, pork cheeks confit in cider or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château La Forchetiere

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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 La Forchetiere

Planning a wine route in the of Pays Nantais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château La Forchetiere.

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 La Forchetiere and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National

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-Saint-Gengoux-Le-National, 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://twitte ...

At the heart of the Mâcon terroir

In line with our previous videos « The Climats of Chablis seen from the sky » and « The vineyards of Bourgogne, seen from the sky » », the Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) and the Union des Producteurs de Vins de Mâcon offer you a new stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. Established in 1937, this Régionale appellation is divided into three levels: – The first level is known as white, red or rosé Mâcon. The grapes used can come from all around the Mâconnais. – The second level is name ...

The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.