The Winery La Clôtière of Loire Valley

Winery La Clôtière - Anjou
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 3703 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery La Clôtière is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Clôtière wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Clôtière

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Clôtière

How Winery La Clôtière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, grandma's chicken casserole or duckling with bigarrade.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Clôtière

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Clôtière. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Clôtière

  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Clôtière.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • 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 white wines of Winery La Clôtière

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Clôtière

How Winery La Clôtière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cuttlefish a la plancha, tapenade with green olives or soup of small rock fish (mediterranean).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Clôtière.

  • Melon de Bourgogne

Discover the grape variety: Melon

Melon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. Melon blanc can be found in several vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top pink wines of Winery La Clôtière

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Clôtière

How Winery La Clôtière wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish with vegetable tagliatelle, stuffed mushrooms or paella valenciana (without seafood).

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery La Clôtière

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery La Clôtière.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grolleau

The word of the wine: Suave

Said of a fine and unctuous wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Clôtière

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 Winery La Clôtière.

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Winery La Clôtière and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Suave

Said of a fine and unctuous wine.