The Winery Le Petit Silex of Sancerre of Loire Valley

Winery Le Petit Silex
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 140 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Sancerre in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Le Petit Silex is one of the best wineries to follow in Sancerre.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Sancerre to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Le Petit Silex wines

Looking for the best Winery Le Petit Silex wines in Sancerre among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Le Petit Silex 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 Petit Silex wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Le Petit Silex

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Le Petit Silex

How Winery Le Petit Silex wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of blue cord, lobster tail armorican style or papillotes of swordfish with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Le Petit Silex

On the nose the white wine of Winery Le Petit Silex. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, melon or floral and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Le Petit Silex. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Le Petit Silex

  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Le Petit Silex.

  • 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.

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Discover the grape variety: Elbling

Elbling blanc 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 for eating on our tables. White Elbling can be found grown in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Le Petit Silex and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2022

Inside the January 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Aperitifs: how to do them well The art of starting it right, with drinks tips from Kate Hawkings Vintage preview: Chablis 2020 Andy Howard MW picks 33 of his top wines from a classic year in the region Producer profile: Château Angélus Jane Anson visits one of St-Emilion’s four finest grand cru classé estates Bordeaux & Burgundy vintages for Christmas Panos Kakaviatos & Charles Curtis MW select the perfect vintages and appe ...

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 ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘Rosé, for the time being, is a pretty babble’

Many wine styles can seem perplexing at first: imagine the first bottle of Barolo if you only know Barossa Shiraz, or the first bottle of Jura Savagnin if you were brought up on California Chardonnay. With time, thought and repeated tasting, though, comes understanding. You learn each wine’s syntax and lexicon, its hints and inferences. You grasp the ways in which each style communicates. Its beauty dawns, then grows. Rosé wine sales grew 23% worldwide between 2002 and 2019. Its fuel has come fr ...

The word of the wine: Thick

Said of a heavy, pasty wine lacking in finesse.

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