The Winery Gilles Lesimple of Sancerre of Loire Valley

Winery Gilles Lesimple
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 387 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Gilles Lesimple is one of the best wineries to follow in Sancerre.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gilles Lesimple wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Gilles Lesimple

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

How Winery Gilles Lesimple wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of fricadella, cuttlefish rust from my grandmother in sète or traditional hungarian goulash.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gilles Lesimple

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gilles Lesimple. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or minerality and sometimes also flavors of lemon, earth or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Gilles Lesimple. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gilles Lesimple

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Sancerre

The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.

In the mouth of Sancerre is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 447 estates and châteaux in the of Sancerre, producing 1671 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sancerre go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food.

The top pink wines of Winery Gilles Lesimple

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

How Winery Gilles Lesimple wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of crusted lamb fillets with sweet spices, pan-fried potatoes with smoked salmon and rosemary or pasta with chicken and curry.

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

  • Grenache
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top red wines of Winery Gilles Lesimple

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

How Winery Gilles Lesimple wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of veal tagine with artichokes and lemons, rabbit with leeks or italian gnocchi.

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Powerful

Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gilles Lesimple

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

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.