The Winery Jean-Claude Legrand of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Jean-Claude Legrand
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2541 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Jean-Claude Legrand is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean-Claude Legrand wines

Looking for the best Winery Jean-Claude Legrand wines in Touraine among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Jean-Claude Legrand 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 Jean-Claude Legrand wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand

How Winery Jean-Claude Legrand wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or poultry such as recipes of lamb chops with figs and honey, rice with sausage meat and tomatoes or genuine chicken tagine olive and lemon confit tagine with argan oil.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Touraine

Signature Sauvignon as king of Touraine whites (~80% of plantings): dry, expressive with notes of citrus, green apple, gooseberry, white flowers, exotic fruit and a touch of boxwood, lively acidity — ideal aperitif. Gamay as a juicy, crunchy red (cherry, raspberry, discreet tannins), more structured Cabernet Franc (bell pepper, raspberry) and dense Côt to complete it. Chenin and Chardonnay among whites. Vast Loire AOC between Blois and Tours, tuffeau and flint.

The top white wines of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand

How Winery Jean-Claude Legrand wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of slivers of squid with tomato, baked fish fillets with vegetables or the coughing cat's apple crumble.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean-Claude Legrand.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.