Winery Gitton Père & Fils - Silex Galinot

Winery Gitton Père & FilsSilex Galinot

4.1
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Silex Galinot of Winery Gitton Père & Fils is a white wine from the region of Sancerre of Loire Valley.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or shellfish.

Taste structure of the Silex Galinot from the Winery Gitton Père & Fils

Light
Bold
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

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

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Wine with earth taste

honey, smoke

Wine with oak taste

oak

Wine with microbio taste

cheese, oil

Wine with vegetal taste

gooseberry, asparagus

Wine with spices taste

white pepper

Wine with floral taste

jasmine

On the nose the Silex Galinot of Winery Gitton Père & Fils in the region of Loire Valley often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or floral and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, citrus fruit or spices.

Details and technical informations about Winery Gitton Père & Fils's Silex Galinot.

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

Discover the grape variety: Petit Meslier

Petit Meslier blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Champagne). 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. Petit Meslier blanc can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Champagne, Jura, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Silex Galinot - 2017
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Silex Galinot - 2016
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Silex Galinot - 2015
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110
Silex Galinot - 2014
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110
Silex Galinot - 2012
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 411110
Silex Galinot - 2010
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Silex Galinot - 2009
In the top 100 of of Sancerre wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Silex Galinot from Winery Gitton Père & Fils are 2007, 2016, 2010, 2017 and 2008.

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 3 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 greatest 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 4500 of of France wines
In the top 200 of of Sancerre wines
In the top 3500 of white wines
In the top 20000 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: Defect

Characteristic of a wine that is either aromatically deviant or unbalanced on the palate due to an excess or a lack of one or more flavors.

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