The Winery La Grille of Loire Valley

Winery La Grille - Christophe Denoël Coteaux De Giennois Loire
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 4004 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery La Grille is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Grille wines

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

The top white wines of Winery La Grille

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Grille

How Winery La Grille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of turkey roulades, flavoured sauce, festive sea pot or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Grille

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Grille. often reveals types of flavors of gooseberry, vegetal or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus, apples or peach.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Grille

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Grille.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Melon de Bourgogne

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 pink wines of Winery La Grille

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Grille

How Winery La Grille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of veal shank with mushrooms, shoulder of lamb stuffed with cognac or baked sea bream.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery La Grille

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery La Grille.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

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 La Grille

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Grille

How Winery La Grille wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, veal grenadin with balsamic vinegar and honey or gratin of coquillettes with ham.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Grille

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Grille. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Grille

  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 2.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Grille.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Flavours

There are generally four so-called fundamental flavours: acidity, bitterness, sweetness and saltiness. The first three are considered to be the building blocks of the structure of wines. They are perceived by the taste buds that cover the surface of the tongue.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Grille

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 La Grille.

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.

News about Winery La Grille and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: February 2022

Inside the February 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Wines of the Year An extraordinary tasting, our best ever, of 126 wines put forward by Decanter’s experts and staff, resulted in these 51 top-scorers Your choice: why you bought that wine But was it really? Rolfe Hanson uncovers a host of decision makers involved in you picking that one bottle Burgundy 2020: vintage report Charles Curtis MW on the standout wines of this exceptional if hot year Producer profile: Château-Grillet Matt ...

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

BBQ wines: Great bottles to drink with all your barbecue dishes

What kind of wine should you serve at a BBQ?  With the weather (hopefully) on our side, there are few things better than a barbecue in the sunshine accompanied by a delicious glass of wine. Choosing a good bottle for your barbecue can really elevate the occasion, although for something a little less formal, there’s plenty to choose from in terms of canned or bag-in-box wines instead. Forget those days of washing down a burnt burger with warm Chardonnay or a ‘cooked’ red served in a plastic ...

The word of the wine: Flavours

There are generally four so-called fundamental flavours: acidity, bitterness, sweetness and saltiness. The first three are considered to be the building blocks of the structure of wines. They are perceived by the taste buds that cover the surface of the tongue.