The Domaine de la Chenardière of Loire Valley

Domaine de la Chenardière
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
This estate is part of the Les Caves de la Loire.
It is ranked in the top 5581 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine de la Chenardière is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de la Chenardière wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine de la Chenardière

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de la Chenardière

How Domaine de la Chenardière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of poached salmon in coconut milk with curry, vegan leek and tofu quiche or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine de la Chenardière

  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine de la Chenardière.

  • 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 pink wines of Domaine de la Chenardière

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine de la Chenardière

How Domaine de la Chenardière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, rabbit socks in gibelotte or duck confit parmentier.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine de la Chenardière.

  • Cabernet Franc

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 Domaine de la Chenardière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine de la Chenardière

How Domaine de la Chenardière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of thai beef skewers, italian pasta or rabbit italian style.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine de la Chenardière

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine de la Chenardière.

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de la Chenardière

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 de la Chenardière.

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.

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The word of the wine: Chaptalization

The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.