The Winery Dominique Hardy of Pays Nantais of Loire Valley

Winery Dominique Hardy - Domaine Bretonnière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Pays Nantais in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Dominique Hardy is one of the world's great estates. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Pays Nantais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Dominique Hardy wines

Looking for the best Winery Dominique Hardy wines in Pays Nantais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Dominique Hardy 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 Winery Dominique Hardy wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Dominique Hardy

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Dominique Hardy

How Winery Dominique Hardy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of californian sushi (reverse maki), dried tomato, feta and green olive cake or fish pie and quick.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Dominique Hardy

On the nose the white wine of Winery Dominique Hardy. often reveals types of flavors of pear, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Dominique Hardy. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Dominique Hardy

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.57/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Dominique Hardy.

  • Melon de Bourgogne

Discovering the wine region of Pays Nantais

The Pays Nantais is the region surrounding the city of Nantes, on the Atlantic coast of Brittany, France. The region covers an area of about 90 kilometres from east to west, between neighbouring Anjou and the Atlantic coast. Most of the production produces light, fresh white wines. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Muscadet, where the melon">Melon de Bourgogne grape dominates the plantings.

Muscadet wines are, in turn, produced under several different appellations, including Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine. Melon de Bourgogne is not a particularly tasty grape variety, so without care in the Vineyard and careful Vinification, the wines are likely to be rather bland and Characterless. This is especially true in hot vintages, when the grapes tend to lose their Organoleptic complexity and their vital, characteristic Acidity. In order to glean as much flavour and character as possible from the grape must, many wines are left on the lees for weeks or even months.

The top pink wines of Winery Dominique Hardy

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Dominique Hardy

How Winery Dominique Hardy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cataplana with seafood, roast pork with prunes or adapted vietnamese fondue.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Dominique Hardy.

  • Gamay
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

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 red wines of Winery Dominique Hardy

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Dominique Hardy

How Winery Dominique Hardy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Alcohol content

Quantity of alcohol in wine and in all alcoholic beverages, expressed in degrees or as a percentage.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Dominique Hardy

Planning a wine route in the of Pays Nantais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Dominique Hardy.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Alcohol content

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