The Winery Jean Montbray of Haute Loire of Loire Valley

Winery Jean Montbray
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1547 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Haute Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Jean Montbray is one of the best wineries to follow in Haute Loire.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Haute Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Montbray wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean Montbray

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Montbray

How Winery Jean Montbray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef miroton, fricadella or roast doe in the oven.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Montbray

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Haute Loire

Haute Loire is an unofficial name for the wine-producing communes of the Loire Valley located upstream (South and east) from Touraine. It includes two of the Loire's most famous appellations - Sancerre and Pouilly-Fume - along with a number of lesser known appellations such as Orléans, Valencay, Quincy and Côtes du Forez. The concept of a "Haute Loire" sub-region is necessary because the appellations that make it up are not grouped by an administrative or historical region; their main commonality is their proximity to the Loire River. Most other French wine regions correspond closely to an administrative region or department (e.

g. Alsace, Burgundy, Champagne, Provence). There is indeed a department of the Loire, but it is hundreds of miles upstream from the heart of the Loire Vineyard. Ironically, it is home to two of the least known appellations in the Loire Valley: Côte Roannaise and Côtes du Forez.

Like nowhere else on the Loire, these two regions specialize in red and rosé wines made from Gamay. Their style of wine and their sandy, granitic soils mean that they have more in common with Beaujolais (just 50 km to the east) than with any other Loire appellation.

The top pink wines of Winery Jean Montbray

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jean Montbray

How Winery Jean Montbray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of improved horse steak, basque chicken with chorizo or conejo al ajillo (spain).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Jean Montbray.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

The top white wines of Winery Jean Montbray

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Montbray

How Winery Jean Montbray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of quick salmon skewers, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or chicken on a bed of summer vegetables.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jean Montbray

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean Montbray. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, melon or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jean Montbray. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jean Montbray

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Folle Blanche

The word of the wine: Acidic (flavor)

Acidity is present in all wines, and is essential in white wines. It is due to the presence of different organic acids in the wine, and is expressed in the mouth by a sensation of freshness combined with other elements, such as minerality or a note of bitterness. Moderately present, it brings relief and vivacity to the wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Jean Montbray

Planning a wine route in the of Haute Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Jean Montbray.

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.

News about Winery Jean Montbray and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Acidic (flavor)

Acidity is present in all wines, and is essential in white wines. It is due to the presence of different organic acids in the wine, and is expressed in the mouth by a sensation of freshness combined with other elements, such as minerality or a note of bitterness. Moderately present, it brings relief and vivacity to the wine.