The Domaine Olivier Foucher of Loire Valley

Domaine Olivier Foucher - Domaine des Gaultiers Menetou-Salon
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1234 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Domaine Olivier Foucher 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 Olivier Foucher wines

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

The top white wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Olivier Foucher

How Domaine Olivier Foucher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of spanish paella, scallops with coconut cream or couscous chicken and merguez.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Olivier Foucher. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Olivier Foucher. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • 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 red wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Olivier Foucher

How Domaine Olivier Foucher wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of milanese osso buco, roast duck with cider sauce or fried squid.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Olivier Foucher. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Olivier Foucher

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Olivier Foucher

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 Olivier Foucher.

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.

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The word of the wine: Generous

Full-bodied, rich and open wine, in principle with a good alcohol content but without excess (in this case the wine is said to be warm).