The Winery Emile Balland of Haute Loire of Loire Valley

Winery Emile Balland
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 620 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Haute Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Emile Balland is one of the best wineries to follow in Haute Loire.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Haute Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Emile Balland wines

Looking for the best Winery Emile Balland wines in Haute Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Emile Balland 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 Emile Balland wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Emile Balland

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Emile Balland

How Winery Emile Balland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, axoa from espelette ( 22nd meeting ) or duck breast with peaches and spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Emile Balland

On the nose the red wine of Winery Emile Balland. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Emile Balland

  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Emile Balland.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Carignan

Discovering the wine region of Haute Loire

Auvergne vineyard on small altitude hillsides along the Allier and Loire, volcanic soils (basalt, granite). IGP Pays d'Urfé or Comtés Rhodaniens. Signature Gamay as red: fruity and fresh with red cherry, raspberry, redcurrant, violet and a volcanic mineral touch, fine tannins and refreshing palate. Fine Pinot Noir emerging.

Taut Chardonnay whites (citrus, white flowers), opulent Viognier (apricot). Medieval vineyard in renaissance.

The top white wines of Winery Emile Balland

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Emile Balland

How Winery Emile Balland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of ham and cheese cake, scallops with chorizo sauce or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Emile Balland

On the nose the white wine of Winery Emile Balland. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or minerality and sometimes also flavors of lemon, melon or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Emile Balland. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Emile Balland

  • 2018With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2022With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Emile Balland.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Intensely coloured and powerful reds with a deep colour, firm tannins and high acidity, on aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, plum, garrigue, pepper, liquorice and balsamic notes. Old vines (>50 years, often centenary) yield exceptional cuvées. A historical pillar of Languedoc-Roussillon blends (Corbières, Minervois, Fitou, Maury) and star of Catalan Priorat under the name Cariñena. Very late-ripening variety from Aragon, also called Mazuelo in Rioja.

The top pink wines of Winery Emile Balland

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Emile Balland

How Winery Emile Balland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of beer goulash, tanjia or kale soup.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Emile Balland.

  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Provignage

A vine reproduction technique that consists of burying a vine shoot that takes root and reproduces a plant with the same characteristics as the vine to which it is attached.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Emile Balland

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Emile Balland

How Winery Emile Balland wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Emile Balland

Planning a wine route in the of Haute Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Emile Balland.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.