The Winery Leon Vatan of Loire Valley

Winery Leon Vatan
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1437 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Leon Vatan is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Leon Vatan wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Leon Vatan

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Leon Vatan

How Winery Leon Vatan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of alsatian sauerkraut, garlic shrimp or balinese-style bonito.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Leon Vatan

On the nose the white wine of Winery Leon Vatan. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Leon Vatan. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Leon Vatan

  • 2016With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

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 Leon Vatan

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Leon Vatan

How Winery Leon Vatan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grenadins of veal with ceps, gratin of coquillettes with ham or rabbit with cider and prunes.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Leon Vatan

  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top pink wines of Winery Leon Vatan

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Leon Vatan

How Winery Leon Vatan wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of osso bucco of lamb, tuna brick (light) or chicken fillets with mustard and cream.

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Cuvée (champagne)

Juice harvested during the first pressing. The term "cuvée" is also used to describe the final blend of wines of a given quality. Tête de cuvée : the first juice to come out during the first pressing.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Leon Vatan

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 Leon Vatan.

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.

News about Winery Leon Vatan and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Cuvée (champagne)

Juice harvested during the first pressing. The term "cuvée" is also used to describe the final blend of wines of a given quality. Tête de cuvée : the first juice to come out during the first pressing.