The Winery Christophe Courtinat of Loire Valley

Winery Christophe Courtinat - Cuvée Réservée
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 5514 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Christophe Courtinat is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Christophe Courtinat wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Christophe Courtinat

How Winery Christophe Courtinat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of duck with orange, paupiettes with tomato sauce or cassoulet.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

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 red wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Christophe Courtinat

How Winery Christophe Courtinat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of bernard's potée, sliced endives with ham or reblochon tartiflette.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top white wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Christophe Courtinat

How Winery Christophe Courtinat wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of potjevleesch, tuna, goat cheese and mustard pie or sauerkraut of the sea in casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat

On the nose the white wine of Winery Christophe Courtinat. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat

  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.51/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Christophe Courtinat.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Christophe Courtinat

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 Winery Christophe Courtinat.

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.

News about Winery Christophe Courtinat and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).