The Winery La Grapperie of Loire Valley

Winery La Grapperie
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 917 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery La Grapperie is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Grapperie wines

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

The top red wines of Winery La Grapperie

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Grapperie

How Winery La Grapperie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Grapperie

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Grapperie. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, white pepper or red currant.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Grapperie

  • 2014With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Grapperie.

  • Pineau D'Aunis
  • Gamay
  • Côt

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 La Grapperie

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Grapperie

How Winery La Grapperie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of croque-monsieur with tuna, quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese or savoyard pizza (cream base).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Grapperie

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Grapperie. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, nutty or smoke and sometimes also flavors of yellow apple, spices or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery La Grapperie. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Grapperie

  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Grapperie.

  • Chenin Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Grapperie

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 La Grapperie.

Discover the grape variety: Côt

Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.

News about Winery La Grapperie and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Silky

Said of a caressing wine with extremely fine tannins.