The Château Lapinesse is one of the best wineries to follow in Haute Loire.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Haute Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Château Lapinesse wines in Haute Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Lapinesse 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 Château Lapinesse wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Château Lapinesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of fruity desserts, blue cheese or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of yoghurt cake, tagliatelle with salmon and mushrooms or pan-fried salmon papillote.
On the nose the sweet wine of Château Lapinesse. often reveals types of flavors of cream, lemon or cheese and sometimes also flavors of honey, melon or dried apricot. In the mouth the sweet wine of Château Lapinesse. is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
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.
How Château Lapinesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise, lamb tagine with vegetables and sweet potatoes or duck breast with honey and raspberry vinegar.
On the nose the red wine of Château Lapinesse. often reveals types of flavors of earth.
Sémillon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. Note that this grape variety can also be used for the elaboration of eaux de vie. This variety of vine is characterized by large bunches of grapes, and grapes of large size. Sémillon Blanc can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
How Château Lapinesse wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or sweet desserts such as recipes of cannelloni with salmon and spinach, marinated mussels with maroilles or yoghurt cake.
On the nose the white wine of Château Lapinesse. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.
During the vinification process, a "cap" is formed at the top of the vats with the solid parts (skin, pulp, pips, etc.), which contain tannins and colouring elements. Pumping over consists of emptying the vat from the bottom and pouring the juice back to the top, in order to mix the cap and the juice and to favour the exchange and the extraction. This old technique allows a better exchange between the solid parts and the liquid.
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Merlot is a red grape variety with small black berries that appeared at the end of the 18th century. It is produced in most of the Bordeaux terroirs, where it represents 58% of the planted area, and its best terroir is located in Pomerol and Saint-Emilion on cool, clay-limestone soils. At the mythical Château Pétrus, the wine is made with 95% Merlot, with a dark, dense colour, aromas of red and black fruits and a superb range of flavours, the Merlot transforms during its ageing to give way to notes of prunes, undergrowth and spices. On the palate, it is supple with distinguished tannins. It is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon. Merlot is no longer exclusive to Bordeaux, it is nowadays vinified all over the world.
