The Winery Didier Chaffardon of Loire Valley

Winery Didier Chaffardon
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 5418 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Didier Chaffardon is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Didier Chaffardon wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Didier Chaffardon

How Winery Didier Chaffardon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of shrimp curry (reunionese recipe), cod fillets with lemon sauce or tarte tatin.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

  • 2006With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon.

  • Chenin Blanc

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 sparkling wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Didier Chaffardon

How Winery Didier Chaffardon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon.

  • Savagnin

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

The top red wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Didier Chaffardon

How Winery Didier Chaffardon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pot-au-feu, salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon or pheasant in a casserole with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

On the nose the red wine of Winery Didier Chaffardon. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grolleau
  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Shoulder

The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.

The top pink wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Didier Chaffardon

How Winery Didier Chaffardon 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, sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!) or duck with vanilla (reunion island).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Didier Chaffardon.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Savagnin

Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Didier Chaffardon

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 Didier Chaffardon.

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.

News about Winery Didier Chaffardon and wines from the region

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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The rise of California Cabernet Franc plus 20 top wines worth seeking out

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The word of the wine: Shoulder

The upper part of the bottle located at the base of the shoulder-shaped neck.