Winery Donatien Bahuaud - Les Criottes Menetou-Salon

Winery Donatien BahuaudLes Criottes Menetou-Salon

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Les Criottes Menetou-Salon of Winery Donatien Bahuaud is a red wine from the region of Menetou-Salon of Loire Valley.
This wine generally goes well with

Details and technical informations about Winery Donatien Bahuaud's Les Criottes Menetou-Salon.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Gros Verdot

Girondine most certainly like the Petit Verdot. It is almost no longer present in the vineyard, no longer multiplied and therefore very clearly on the way to extinction.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Criottes Menetou-Salon - 2015
In the top 100 of of Menetou-Salon wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Les Criottes Menetou-Salon from Winery Donatien Bahuaud are 2015

Informations about the Winery Donatien Bahuaud

The winery offers 65 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This winery is part of the Ackerman.
It is in the top 10 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Menetou-Salon in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Donatien Bahuaud is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 65 wines for sale in the of Menetou-Salon to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 75000 of of France wines
In the top 6500 of of Menetou-Salon wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Menetou-Salon

The wine region of Menetou-Salon is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jean-Max Roger or the Isabelle et Pierre Clement (Domaine de Chatenoy) produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Menetou-Salon are Pinot noir, Cabernet franc and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Menetou-Salon often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, saline or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of earthy, green apple or melon.


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.

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