The Domaine de la Touche Blanche of Loire Valley

Domaine de la Touche Blanche
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine de la Touche Blanche 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 Touche Blanche wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine de la Touche Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de la Touche Blanche

How Domaine de la Touche Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of tuna, goat cheese and mustard pie, quenelles in nantua sauce or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

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

  • 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 sweet wines of Domaine de la Touche Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine de la Touche Blanche

How Domaine de la Touche Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of pasta gratin with comté cheese, rice with milk or auvergne blue cheese burger.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine de la Touche Blanche.

  • Chenin Blanc

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 Touche Blanche

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine de la Touche Blanche

How Domaine de la Touche Blanche wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of lamb and coconut curry, african style, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or grandma's chicken casserole.

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

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Rancio

Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de la Touche Blanche

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 Touche Blanche.

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 Touche Blanche and wines from the region

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this two-and-a-half-minute clip, Yvy NG describes the unique subsoil that Chablis is so proud of. ...

The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

The word of the wine: Rancio

Odour and taste characteristic of certain wines that have undergone oxidative maturation, i.e. in contact with oxygen (vin jaune du Jura, dry rancio du Roussillon, maury, banyuls, rivesaltes, etc.).