Winery Gitton Père & Fils - Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge

Winery Gitton Père & FilsLes Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge of Winery Gitton Père & Fils is a red wine from the region of Sancerre of Loire Valley.
In the mouth this red wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, veal or game (deer, venison).

Taste structure of the Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge from the Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge of Winery Gitton Père & Fils in the region of Loire Valley is a with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with oak taste

oak, tobacco

Wine with earth taste

earthy, leather

On the nose the Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge of Winery Gitton Père & Fils in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of cherry, clove or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gitton Père & Fils's Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Last vintages of this wine

Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge - 2015
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge - 2000
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Les Herses Silex Sancerre Rouge from Winery Gitton Père & Fils are 2000, 2015, 2014

Informations about the Winery Gitton Père & Fils

The winery offers 58 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley
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The Winery Gitton Père & Fils is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Loire Valley
In the top 45000 of of France wines
In the top 3500 of of Sancerre wines
In the top 95000 of red wines
In the top 200000 wines of the world

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.


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.

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The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

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