The Domaine de la Forge of Loire Valley

Domaine de la Forge
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 5325 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine de la Forge is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de la Forge wines

Looking for the best Domaine de la Forge 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 Forge 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 Forge wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine de la Forge

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

How Domaine de la Forge wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, arroz de marisco or panga curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine de la Forge

On the nose the white wine of Domaine de la Forge. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine de la Forge. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de la Forge

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 Forge.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

News about Domaine de la Forge and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Lucio Tasca d’Almerita dies

Lucio Tasca d’Almerita died in Palermo this week, on 25 July, aged 82. In Sicily he was known simply as ‘Conte Lucio’, such was the reputation of the Count and the amount of respect and affection people had for him. Lucio was one of the pioneers of winemaking on the island from a technical point of view, but moreover he was able to demonstrate how effective the modernisation of Sicily could be from a cultural standpoint. Born in Palermo on 9 January 1940, he was an athlete in his youth and even ...

Frescobaldi’s Gorgona: A day on the prison island

The small island of Gorgona, just off the coast of Livorno, isn’t your run-of-the-mill viticultural area – its main purpose is to serve as a penal colony. Not just any prisoner can reside on Gorgona, however. Up to 90 incarcerated men live on the island at a time, alongside 17 residents and a handful of police officers. Prisoners on the island are allowed to stay for a maximum of five years, which must conclude the end of their sentence. After Gorgona, the men are set free. Scroll down to see ta ...

The word of the wine: Bordeaux barrel

Barrels of 220 to 225 litres. The toasting of the barrel to bend the staves (curved boards used to make the barrels) can vary according to the coopers and the demand. A gentle and slow toasting has little effect on the aromas. On the other hand, a strong toasting gives aromas of coffee or cocoa which will influence the taste of the wine. A wine barrel has already been aged for a year and has less impact on the wine than a new barrel.