The Domaine du Gros Caillou of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil of Loire Valley

Domaine du Gros Caillou - Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 84 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine du Gros Caillou is one of the world's great estates. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine du Gros Caillou wines

Looking for the best Domaine du Gros Caillou wines in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine du Gros Caillou 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 du Gros Caillou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine du Gros Caillou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine du Gros Caillou

How Domaine du Gros Caillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of blanquette of monkfish with small vegetables, ham and cheese cake or roast wild boar with beer.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine du Gros Caillou.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

The wine region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yannick Amirault or the Domaine Sebastien David produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil are Cabernet franc, Pinot noir and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil often reveals types of flavors of cherry, stone or grass and sometimes also flavors of game, cheese or graphite.

In the mouth of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 189 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, producing 418 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine du Gros Caillou

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine du Gros Caillou.

Discover the grape variety: Mavrud

A very old grape variety whose origin is still uncertain, it is thought to have come from Greece, and for others its origin is Bulgarian from the Thrace plain where it is still widely cultivated. It can be found in Romania, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.

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