The Domaine Charles Pain of Chinon of Loire Valley

Domaine Charles Pain
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 46 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Chinon in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine Charles Pain is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Chinon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Charles Pain wines

Looking for the best Domaine Charles Pain wines in Chinon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Charles Pain 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 Charles Pain wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Charles Pain

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Charles Pain

How Domaine Charles Pain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lomo saltado, pork colombo or rabbit with cider and prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Charles Pain

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Charles Pain. often reveals types of flavors of pepper, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Charles Pain

  • 2019With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Charles Pain.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Chinon

The wine region of Chinon is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Marc Brédif or the Château de Saint Louans produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chinon are Cabernet franc, Chenin blanc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chinon often reveals types of flavors of cherry, eucalyptus or orange and sometimes also flavors of cola, fig or game.

In the mouth of Chinon is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 290 estates and châteaux in the of Chinon, producing 865 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chinon go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Domaine Charles Pain

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Charles Pain

How Domaine Charles Pain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of croque-monsieur with tuna, ham and comté quiche or chicken sautéed with cashew nuts (chinese).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Charles Pain

In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Charles Pain. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Charles Pain

  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Charles Pain.

  • Chenin Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Domaine Charles Pain

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Charles Pain

How Domaine Charles Pain wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine Charles Pain

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5

The word of the wine: Reduction

A physiological and chemical phenomenon that occurs in wine in the absence of oxygen. The smell of reduction is characterized by animal and sometimes fetid notes that disappear in principle with aeration. It is recommended to decant reduced wines.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Charles Pain

Planning a wine route in the of Chinon? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Charles Pain.

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.

News about Domaine Charles Pain and wines from the region

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Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

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The word of the wine: Reduction

A physiological and chemical phenomenon that occurs in wine in the absence of oxygen. The smell of reduction is characterized by animal and sometimes fetid notes that disappear in principle with aeration. It is recommended to decant reduced wines.