The Winery La Taille Aux Loups of Montlouis-sur-Loire of Loire Valley

Winery La Taille Aux Loups
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
This estate is part of the Jacky Blot.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Montlouis-sur-Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery La Taille Aux Loups is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Montlouis-sur-Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The La Taille Aux Loups Estate is a winery located in Montlouis-sur-Loire in France, known for its fruity wines and fabulous vineyards. The estate offers a wide variety of red, white, and rose wines, as well as sparkling wines and sweet wines. La Taille Aux Loups is an estate of comfortable scale. It spans over 12 hectares of vineyards and produces on average between 100,000 and 120,000 bottles per year of a wide variety of wines. The estate is located in the magnificent Loire Valley, surrounded by well-maintained and neatly swept vineyards of famous vines that produce grapes of exceptional quality. On the site, there are also beautiful pastures where dairy cows graze, providing their milk to La Taille Aux Loups for the production of the estate's famous goat cheese. Since its foundation in 1988, La Taille Aux Loups has remained faithful to its core principles: the land and its riches, the quality of its wines, and respect for tradition. The estate is known for its innovative vision and production methods that respect the environment and care for nature. The vines are grown according to organic and biodynamic principles, and their products are certified by Ecocert. The estate has gained a reputation for its meticulous work and quality wines. Each cuvée has its own personality and reflects the terroir that produced it. The red wines are intense and round, the whites are bright and lively, and the rosés are elegant and festive. La Taille Aux Loups has also won numerous prestigious awards thanks to its exceptional wines. The estate also offers tours of its facilities and vineyards to allow you to see for yourself how their wines are produced. Regular guided tours are held with a winemaker who will show you around the estate and share his knowledge about the wines. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to see everything that La Taille Aux Loups has to offer.

Top Winery La Taille Aux Loups wines

Looking for the best Winery La Taille Aux Loups wines in Montlouis-sur-Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Taille Aux Loups 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 Taille Aux Loups wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

How Winery La Taille Aux Loups wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon steaks with lentils, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or potato cakes.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, quince or butter. In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

  • 2003With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.26/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.21/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Montlouis-sur-Loire

The wine region of Montlouis-sur-Loire is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine La Taille Aux Loups or the Domaine François Chidaine produce mainly wines white, sparkling and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Montlouis-sur-Loire are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Montlouis-sur-Loire often reveals types of flavors of cream, toasty or almonds and sometimes also flavors of chalk, guava or dried apricot.

In the mouth of Montlouis-sur-Loire is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 46 estates and châteaux in the of Montlouis-sur-Loire, producing 173 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Montlouis-sur-Loire go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry.

The top pink wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

How Winery La Taille Aux Loups wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of fondue vigneronne au vin rouge.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups.

  • Gamay
  • Grolleau

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top sweet wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

How Winery La Taille Aux Loups wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of vegetarian lentil burger, yoghurt cake or leek and gorgonzola pie.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery La Taille Aux Loups. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups

  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery La Taille Aux Loups.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Ventilation

Aeration is the process of decanting the wine to oxygenate it and thus promote the expression of the aromatic range and the harmony of the flavours.

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Planning a wine route in the of Montlouis-sur-Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery La Taille Aux Loups.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.

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