The Domaine des Mailloches of Loire Valley

Domaine des Mailloches - Bourgueil
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3225 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine des Mailloches is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine des Mailloches wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine des Mailloches

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine des Mailloches

How Domaine des Mailloches wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of navarin of the sea da gigi, beef carrots or grandma melanie's cassoulet.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine des Mailloches

On the nose the red wine of Domaine des Mailloches. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine des Mailloches

  • 2016With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.41/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine des Mailloches.

  • Cabernet Franc

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 des Mailloches

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 des Mailloches.

Discover the grape variety: Bouteillan

Bouteillan blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Bouteillan blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Domaine des Mailloches and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: September 2022

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The word of the wine: Performance

Quantity of grapes harvested per hectare. In AOC, the average yield is limited on the proposal of the appellation syndicate, validated by the Inao. The use of high-performance plant material (especially clones) and better control of vine diseases have increased yields. This is not without consequences on the quality of the wines (dilution) and on the state of the market (too much wine). We must not over-simplify: low yields are not synonymous with quality, and it is often in years with generous harvests that we find the greatest vintages (1982 and 1986 in Bordeaux, 1996 in Champagne, 1990 and 2005 in Burgundy...).