The Winery Gilles Bonnefoy of Loire Valley

Winery Gilles Bonnefoy
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 2533 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Gilles Bonnefoy is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

How Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef with onions chinese style.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy.

  • 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 red wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

How Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef coarse salt.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

On the nose the red wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy. often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, red fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of minerality, strawberries or earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

  • 2011With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Gamay
  • Gamay Noir
  • Gamaret
  • Gamay Teinturier de Bouze

Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir

Gamay is a Burgundian grape variety that has existed since the 14th century. For fear of competition with the pinot noir of Burgundy, gamay was finally uprooted and planted in the Beaujolais region, from Mâcon to Lyon. These siliceous and granitic soils suit it perfectly, and it gives its best here. But it is also planted all over France, such as in Lorraine, in the Loire Valley, in Bugey, in Savoie and in Auvergne. Gamay is early and very productive and needs to be limited so that quality prevails over quantity. Short winter pruning of the shoots and high density of vines per hectare are the methods that allow it to produce very fruity, fresh and greedy red wines. Gamay is also very popular in red wine futures, and produces wines from the Beaujolais region with very interesting character and ageing potential. The AOCs Crémant-de-Bourgogne, Mâcon, Anjou, Touraine, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Côtes-d'Auvergne, Saint-Pourçain, Bugey, Gaillac, Côtes du Luberon... and many vins de pays are proud of it. Today, about 36,000 hectares of Gamay are cultivated in France, including 22,000 hectares in Beaujolais.

The top sweet wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

How Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

The top pink wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

How Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef stew provencal style.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy.

  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon Gris

The top white wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

How Winery Gilles Bonnefoy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, pear or honey.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gilles Bonnefoy.

  • Roussanne
  • Sauvignon Gris

The word of the wine: Free-run wine

The free-run wine is the wine that flows out of the vat by gravity at the time of running off. The marc soaked in wine is then pressed to extract a rich and tannic wine. Free-run wine and press wine are then aged separately and eventually blended by the winemaker in proportions defined according to the type of wine being made.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gilles Bonnefoy

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 Gilles Bonnefoy.

Discover the grape variety: Gamaret

Gamaret noir is a grape variety that originated in Switzerland. 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 vine is characterized by medium-sized bunches, and grapes of medium size. Gamaret noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Languedoc & Roussillon.

News about Winery Gilles Bonnefoy and wines from the region

The Morey Saint Denis appellation seen by Laurent Lignier

Laurent Lignier from Domaine Hubert Lignier and Président of the winegrowers union, mentions the great diversity in the expression of the Morey-Saint-DenisPremier Cru wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bray

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bray, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/ ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

The word of the wine: Extra-dry

Champagne with between 12 and 20 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).