The Winery Lacheteau of Loire Valley

Winery Lacheteau
The winery offers 85 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Grands Chais de France (Groupe GCF).
It is ranked in the top 16 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Lacheteau is one of the world's great estates. It offers 85 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Lacheteau wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Lacheteau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Lacheteau

How Winery Lacheteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of tuna lasagna, quiche without pastry or peach and apricot chicken (about 270 calories).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Lacheteau

On the nose the white wine of Winery Lacheteau. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, cream or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Lacheteau. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Lacheteau

  • 2019With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.69/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Colombard

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 red wines of Winery Lacheteau

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Lacheteau

How Winery Lacheteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed zucchini, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or rabbit with prunes in my grandmother's style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Lacheteau

On the nose the red wine of Winery Lacheteau. often reveals types of flavors of vanilla, mushroom or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Lacheteau. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Lacheteau

  • 2018With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.42/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discover the grape variety: Muscadelle

Muscadelle white is a grape variety that originated in France (Bergerac). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by bunches of medium size, and grapes of medium caliber. Muscadelle white can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Languedoc & Roussillon.

The top pink wines of Winery Lacheteau

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Lacheteau

How Winery Lacheteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef lark, italian pasta or duck with orange.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Lacheteau

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Lacheteau. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, raspberry or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, red fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Lacheteau

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.62/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grolleau

The word of the wine: Merithalle

Botanical term for the interval between two nodes or between two leaf insertions on a branch (see internode).

The top sparkling wines of Winery Lacheteau

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Lacheteau

How Winery Lacheteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of scupion (small cuttlefish) in hot sauce, cajun jumbalaya rice or reunion pepper candy.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Lacheteau

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Lacheteau. often reveals types of flavors of apples, green apple or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, lemon or brioche. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Lacheteau. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Lacheteau

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5
  • N.V.With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Lacheteau.

  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grolleau

Discover the grape variety: Malbec

Malbec, a high-yielding red grape variety, produces tannic and colourful wines. It is produced in different wine-growing regions and changes its name according to the grape variety. Called Auxerrois in Cahors, Malbec in Bordeaux, it is also known as Côt. 6,000 hectares of the Malbec grape are grown in France (in decline since the 1950s). Malbec is also very successful in Argentina. The country has become the world's leading producer of Malbec and offers wines with great potential.

The top sweet wines of Winery Lacheteau

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Lacheteau

How Winery Lacheteau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salt crusted sea bass, summer tuna quiche or keftas tajine with eggs.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Lacheteau.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Courgée

Name of the fruiting branch left after pruning and which is then arched along the trellis in the Jura (in the Mâconnais, it is called the tail).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Lacheteau

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 Lacheteau.

Discover the grape variety: Melon de Bourgogne

Melon de Bourgogne (or simply Melon) is a white grape variety originating, as its name indicates, from the Burgundy region. It is better known as Muscadet, the name of the wine it produces. It is the dominant grape variety in the Nantes region on the Brittany coast. Like any grape variety, it has its own characteristics. But its history is quite particular, because its predominance in the Nantes region is the result of a terrible winter.