The Winery Gilbert Chon of Loire Valley

Winery Gilbert Chon
The winery offers 39 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3201 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Gilbert Chon is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 39 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gilbert Chon wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gilbert Chon

How Winery Gilbert Chon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scupion (small cuttlefish) in hot sauce, baked salmon steaks or lasagna of the sea.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gilbert Chon. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lime or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Gilbert Chon. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

  • 2015With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.28/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gilbert Chon.

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Chardonnay
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Melon

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 Gilbert Chon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Gilbert Chon

How Winery Gilbert Chon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of country-style snow peas, salmon and zucchini gratin or quiche lorraine.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Gilbert Chon.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

The top red wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gilbert Chon

How Winery Gilbert Chon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, roast veal with milk and rosemary or autumn pumpkin pie.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Stripped

Said of a wine that is generally too old and has lost its colour, volume and power.

The top pink wines of Winery Gilbert Chon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gilbert Chon

How Winery Gilbert Chon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of rack of lamb in a salt crust, garba ( ivory coast ) or home-made coq au vin.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Gilbert Chon.

  • Gamay

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.

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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 Gilbert Chon.

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.