The Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes of Loire Valley

Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes - Chinon Blanc
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 5546 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines

Looking for the best Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes 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 L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

How Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of sea bream in foil on the barbecue, quiche lorraine or turkey osso buco.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes.

  • Chenin Blanc

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 pink wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

How Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes.

  • 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 red wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

How Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of brazilian feijoada, traditional flemish carbonades or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

On the nose the red wine of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

  • 2018With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes.

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Dosage

The addition of sugar in the form of expedition liquor to a sparkling wine after disgorgement.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes

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 L'Arpenty - Francis et Francoise Desbourdes.

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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The word of the wine: Dosage

The addition of sugar in the form of expedition liquor to a sparkling wine after disgorgement.