The Winery Leroy Chevalier of Loire Valley

Winery Leroy Chevalier
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.1.
It is ranked in the top 5251 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Leroy Chevalier is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Leroy Chevalier wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier

How Winery Leroy Chevalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, veal colombo or rabbit in foil.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

On the nose the red wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, cheese or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Petit Verdot
  • Pinot Noir

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 pink wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier

How Winery Leroy Chevalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef in a crust, eggplant moussaka with lamb or duckling with bigarrade.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Franc

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier

How Winery Leroy Chevalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Table wine

Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.

The top white wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier

How Winery Leroy Chevalier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of scallops with coconut cream, avocado verrine and quick or cod with chorizo.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

On the nose the white wine of Winery Leroy Chevalier. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Leroy Chevalier

  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 2.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 2.80/5

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

  • Melon de Bourgogne

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir 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. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Leroy Chevalier

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 Leroy Chevalier.

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.

News about Winery Leroy Chevalier and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Bussières

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Bussières, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

An overview of Mâcon plus a geographical denomination appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey of this vineyard where the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation are produced. A unique journey to discover this region where the Romanesque churches punctuate the landscape and are the witnesses of the link between the vines and Christiannity. Cluny is the gatekeeper. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vin ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Table wine

Everything that is not VQPRD (European designation for all appellation wines: quality wine produced in a specific region). In principle, the bottom of the ladder. But, as in Italy a decade ago (Vino da Tavola), this category is also a refuge for wines that are out of the ordinary, whose producers refuse to accept certain grape variety or vinification dictates.