The Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau of Loire Valley

Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 4212 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines

Looking for the best Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau 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 Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

How Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, savoyard pizza (cream base) or duck breast with peaches and spices.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

On the nose the red wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

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 pink wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

How Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of marinated lamb chops, salmon blanquette or chicken sautéed with cashew nuts (chinese).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

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 Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

How Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed tomatoes with thermomix, seafood pie or silvia's quick wolf fillet.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

On the nose the white wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

  • 2017With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.

The top sparkling wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

How Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, roasted stuffed goose with mushroom sauce or blue cord.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau

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 Emmanuel Charrier - Domaine de l'Epineau.

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.