The Domaine Bel-Air of Loire Valley

Domaine Bel-Air
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 7344 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine Bel-Air is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Bel-Air wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Bel-Air

How Domaine Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the secrets of croque-monsieur, tuna gratin or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Bel-Air

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Bel-Air. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Bel-Air. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Bel-Air

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Bel-Air.

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Pinot Gris
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon 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 Domaine Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Domaine Bel-Air

How Domaine Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed red mullet ballotines, sauté of veal with olives (corsica) or stuffed duck or goose neck.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Domaine Bel-Air.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier

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.

The top red wines of Domaine Bel-Air

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Bel-Air

How Domaine Bel-Air wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu or duck breast in the oven.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Bel-Air.

  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Wort

Juice before fermentation, still loaded with sugar.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Bel-Air

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 Domaine Bel-Air.

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.

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The word of the wine: Wort

Juice before fermentation, still loaded with sugar.