The Winery Le Clos du Chaillou of Loire Valley

Winery Le Clos du Chaillou - Cabernet Franc
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Le Clos du Chaillou 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 Le Clos du Chaillou wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou

How Winery Le Clos du Chaillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, stuffed mushrooms or magret with pepper.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou.

  • Cabernet Franc

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 Le Clos du Chaillou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou

How Winery Le Clos du Chaillou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of light stuffed tomatoes, baked sea bream or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Clos du Chaillou.

  • Chardonnay
  • Melon
  • Muscatel

Discover the grape variety: Melon

Melon blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small to medium sized bunches and small grapes. Melon blanc can be found in several vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Le Clos du Chaillou

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 Le Clos du Chaillou.

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.

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