The Winery Jean Francois Roy of Valençay of Loire Valley

Winery Jean Francois Roy
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Valençay in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Jean Francois Roy is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Valençay to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Francois Roy wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy

How Winery Jean Francois Roy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of scottish haggis, chicken with olives in a couscousier or county doormat.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

On the nose the red wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy.

  • Malbec
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Valençay

AOC of the Berry-Touraine (2003), the only appellation sharing its name with a cheese: reds (>50%) led by Gamay (30–60%) with Pinot Noir (10%) and Côt (10%) — sustained ruby, dark fruits, easy-drinking palate with spicy notes. Whites with Sauvignon (≥70%) completed by Chardonnay and Orbois — exotic fruit aromas and flint minerality as a signature. Rosés (12%) with optional Pineau d'Aunis. "Perruche" soils (clay-flint), sandy-gravelly terrains.

The top white wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy

How Winery Jean Francois Roy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna, chicken curry and onions or savoyard fondue with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tropical or lime and sometimes also flavors of minerality, earth or vegetal.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

  • 2018With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Malbec

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy

How Winery Jean Francois Roy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Sulphiting

Introduction of a sulphurous solution into a must or wine to protect it from accidents or diseases, or to select the ferments.

The top pink wines of Winery Jean Francois Roy

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jean Francois Roy

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Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.