The Domaine d'Orfeuilles of Vouvray of Loire Valley

Domaine d'Orfeuilles
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Vouvray in the region of Loire Valley
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The Domaine d'Orfeuilles is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Vouvray to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines

Looking for the best Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines in Vouvray among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine d'Orfeuilles 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 Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

How Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of quinoa with shrimp, céteaux (la rochelle) or express cherry clafoutis.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

On the nose the sparkling wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles. often reveals types of flavors of lemon, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, earth or red fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 1947With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Vouvray

100% Chenin Blanc on the tuffeau slopes of Touraine: a unique stylistic palette from sparkling brut to botrytised sweet. Taut, straight dry with notes of green apple, citrus and chalk. Round, honeyed off-dry with ripe fruits. Opulent sweet and luscious wines with aromas of quince, honey and fruit paste from late harvest or noble rot.

Lively, brioche-like traditional-method sparkling. Legendary acidity giving an ageing potential of several decades.

The top white wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

How Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of spaghetti with salmon, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or gratin of coquillettes with ham.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

On the nose the white wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or minerality and sometimes also flavors of honey, lychee or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

  • 1990With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.

The top sweet wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

How Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or fricadella.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Severe

Said of a red wine that is generally young, very marked by tannins and astringent. See austere.

The top pink wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine d'Orfeuilles

How Domaine d'Orfeuilles wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce, chakchouka or quinoa parmentier and pumpkin purée.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine d'Orfeuilles.

  • Malbec

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.

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