The Winery Gallou of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Gallou
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 4129 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Gallou is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gallou wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Gallou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gallou

How Winery Gallou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails.

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

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Touraine

The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.

In the mouth of Touraine is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 638 estates and châteaux in the of Touraine, producing 1688 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Touraine go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gallou

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

Discover the grape variety: Négret de Banhars

Négret de Banhars noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Aveyron). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium to large size, and grapes of medium to large caliber. Négret de Banhars noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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The word of the wine: AOC

Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.