The Winery L'Orme au Loup of Sancerre of Loire Valley

Winery L'Orme au Loup
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
This estate is part of the Baron de Ladoucette - Château du Nozet.
It is ranked in the top 693 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery L'Orme au Loup is one of the best wineries to follow in Sancerre.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery L'Orme au Loup wines

Looking for the best Winery L'Orme au Loup wines in Sancerre among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery L'Orme au Loup 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'Orme au Loup wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery L'Orme au Loup

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery L'Orme au Loup

How Winery L'Orme au Loup wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of oven-baked sausage, pike quenelles with lobster bisque sauce or californian sushi (reverse maki).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery L'Orme au Loup.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Sancerre

The wine region of Sancerre is located in the region of Haute Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Edmond Vatan or the Domaine Jean-Paul Balland produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Sancerre are Pinot noir, Chenin blanc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Sancerre often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, wood smoke or jasmine and sometimes also flavors of fennel, pink grapefruit or green bell pepper.

In the mouth of Sancerre is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 447 estates and châteaux in the of Sancerre, producing 1671 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Sancerre go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery L'Orme au Loup

Planning a wine route in the of Sancerre? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery L'Orme au Loup.

Discover the grape variety: Gascon

Gascon noir is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The Gascon noir can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery L'Orme au Loup and wines from the region

Bordeaux 2021 harvest was 20% below 10-year average following spring frosts

The Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux (CIVB) revealed that the Bordeaux 2021 vintage was 20% below the region’s 10-year average. Bud burst came earlier than usual amid very sunny weather in March, and many young buds were then destroyed by severe frosts, which hammered the region in early April. It means that producers will have just 503 million bottles from the 2021 vintage, which is significantly below average. The region’s sweet whites, including Sauternes, suffered the sharpest y ...

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In the second part of this series, Decanter’s editorial team members highlight the wines they are looking forward to tasting at the upcoming Decanter Fine Wine Encounter NYC on Saturday 18th June 2022. Tina Gellie – Content Manager and Regional Editor (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand & South Africa) Burrowing Owl, Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada 2019 In 2016, while on a press trip to British Columbia’s Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, I had the pleasur ...

Bollinger Group purchases Sancerre estate Hubert Brochard

The Champagne house expanded into the region when it acquired Maison Langlois-Chateau in Saumur back in 1973. It then bolstered its presence in Sancerre with the acquisition of Château de Thauvenay in 2016. Now it has tied up a deal to bring the family-run Hubert Brochard estate into the fold. ‘The acquisition of Hubert Brochard estate represents a unique opportunity to consolidate our footprint in this fantastic region and to continue to promote, in France and internationally, its savoir-faire ...

The word of the wine: Fleshed out

A full-bodied, tasty and fleshy wine, with velvety and smooth tannins.