The Winery ILYS of Loire Valley

Winery ILYS
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery ILYS is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery ILYS wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery ILYS

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery ILYS

How Winery ILYS wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of scallops, grandma's chicken casserole or tuna and tomato mini quiches without batter.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery ILYS.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

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 ILYS

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery ILYS

How Winery ILYS wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal cutlets au gratin, flammekueche (with laughing cow) or rabbit and mushroom gibelotte.

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

  • 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery ILYS

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 ILYS.

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.