The Château de la Botinière of Loire Valley

Château de la Botinière
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Castel Group.
It is ranked in the top 3396 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Château de la Botinière is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de la Botinière wines

Looking for the best Château de la Botinière wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de la Botinière 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 Château de la Botinière wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château de la Botinière

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de la Botinière

How Château de la Botinière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, fresh salmon risotto or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de la Botinière

On the nose the white wine of Château de la Botinière. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or green apple and sometimes also flavors of lime, minerality or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Château de la Botinière. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de la Botinière

  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de la Botinière.

  • Chardonnay
  • Muscatel

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de la Botinière

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 Château de la Botinière.

Discover the grape variety: Chichaud

It is most certainly from the Ardèche, and is not found anywhere else. It has long been confused with the cinsaut called boudalès in this region, which explains why it has the synonym tsintsao. It is said to be related to the white humagne. Today, Chichaud is on the verge of extinction, although it is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

News about Château de la Botinière and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Primeur (purchase in)

Purchase made shortly after the harvest and before the wine is ready for consumption.