The Winery Gitton Père & Fils of Loire Valley

Winery Gitton Père & Fils
The winery offers 60 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 171 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley
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The Winery Gitton Père & Fils is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 60 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines

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

The top sweet wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

How Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of tomato and comté pie, the coughing cat's apple crumble or lasagne with 5 cheeses.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Sémillon
  • Muscadelle

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 Gitton Père & Fils

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

How Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or poultry such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, thomas's shoulder of lamb or pumpkin and bacon pie.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

On the nose the red wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cranberry or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, oaky or apples. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

  • 2000With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Malbec
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.

The top white wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

How Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of chicken pie, scallops or chicken in sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

On the nose the white wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, green apple or marzipan and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

  • 1990With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 1997With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2000With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chasselas
  • Sémillon
  • Fumin
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Velouté

Said of a wine that is soft and caressing in the mouth.

The top pink wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

How Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of cassolettes of scallops, seed crackers or fried rice with vegetables.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils.

  • 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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Gitton Père & Fils

How Winery Gitton Père & Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Gitton Père & Fils.

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: VQPRD

Quality wine produced in a specific region. European designation that groups together appellation wines, i.e., in France, AOC and VDQS.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gitton Père & Fils

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 Gitton Père & Fils.

Discover the grape variety: Chasselas

Chasselas rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape used to make wine. However, it can also be found eating on our tables! This variety of vine is characterized by medium-sized bunches and medium-sized grapes. Chasselas rosé can be found in several vineyards: Alsace, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

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