The Winery Francois Villon of Loire Valley

Winery Francois Villon - Blanc de l`atlantique
The winery offers 4 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 9261 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Francois Villon is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 4 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Francois Villon wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Francois Villon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Francois Villon

How Winery Francois Villon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of ollada (catalonia), gigolette of rabbit or italian tabbouleh.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Francois Villon

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Francois Villon. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Francois Villon.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Viognier

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 sparkling wines of Winery Francois Villon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Francois Villon

How Winery Francois Villon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of creamy risotto with scallops, chicken fajitas or tuna rillettes with st moret.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Francois Villon.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Francois Villon

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 Francois Villon.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

News about Winery Francois Villon and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Claret

Name given by the English to the red wine of Bordeaux.