The Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault of Loire Valley

Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault
The winery offers 19 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 522 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley
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The Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 19 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

How Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast monkfish with bacon, home-made coq au vin or stuffed guinea fowl in the oven.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

On the nose the red wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, minerality or strawberries.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

  • 1999With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1998With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2001With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 1997With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault.

  • Cabernet Franc

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 white wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

How Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of wild rice salad with tuna, quiche without pastry or seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or green apple and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or pear. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Moscato

The top pink wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

How Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, endive frichti or rabbit italian style.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, grapefruit or oaky and sometimes also flavors of citrus, minerality or strawberries.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault.

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Methuselah

Bottle with a capacity of 6 litres (synonymous with imperial).

The top sweet wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

How Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of very simple muffins.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault.

  • Moscato

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

How Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of penne with shrimp and zucchini, cod with chorizo sauce and grilled peppers or rice with milk.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Phylloxera

Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Jean-Maurice Raffault

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 Jean-Maurice Raffault.

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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