The Domaine Touchais of Saumur of Loire Valley

Domaine Touchais
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 90 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Saumur in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine Touchais is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Saumur to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Touchais wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine Touchais

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Touchais

How Domaine Touchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of 7 o'clock leg of lamb, quiche lorraine or chicken with rice for cookeo robot.

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

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Saumur

The wine region of Saumur is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Guiberteau produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur often reveals types of flavors of cream, graphite or petroleum and sometimes also flavors of green bell pepper, clove or cranberry.

In the mouth of Saumur is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 354 estates and châteaux in the of Saumur, producing 926 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saumur go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry.

The top pink wines of Domaine Touchais

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Touchais

How Domaine Touchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, poultry or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quick couscous, north welsch or pasta gratin.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Domaine Touchais

In the mouth the pink wine of Domaine Touchais. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine Touchais

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Touchais.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top white wines of Domaine Touchais

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Touchais

How Domaine Touchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of baked whole salmon, quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese or italian gnocchi.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Touchais

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Touchais. often reveals types of flavors of dried apricot, dried fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Touchais

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Natural sweet wine

Wine obtained by mutage with wine alcohol of the must in the course of fermentation, from the Muscat, Grenache, Macabeu and Malvoisie grape varieties, and corresponding to strict conditions of production, richness and elaboration.

The top sweet wines of Domaine Touchais

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine Touchais

How Domaine Touchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of cuttlefish a la plancha, fish with cream sauce or rice with milk.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Domaine Touchais

On the nose the sweet wine of Domaine Touchais. often reveals types of flavors of apricot, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Domaine Touchais

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1971With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine Touchais.

  • 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 sparkling wines of Domaine Touchais

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Domaine Touchais

How Domaine Touchais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Domaine Touchais

  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The word of the wine: Downy mildew

Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Touchais

Planning a wine route in the of Saumur? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Touchais.