The Winery Les Caractères of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Les Caractères
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 49 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Les Caractères is one of the world's great estates. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Caractères wines

Looking for the best Winery Les Caractères wines in Touraine among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Caractères 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 Les Caractères wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Les Caractères

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Caractères

How Winery Les Caractères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, tripe in the style of caen or roast duck with cider sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Caractères

On the nose the red wine of Winery Les Caractères. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, cherry or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Caractères

  • 2018With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.43/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.37/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.11/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.05/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Les Caractères.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Touraine

The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.

In the mouth of Touraine is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 638 estates and châteaux in the of Touraine, producing 1688 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Touraine go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top pink wines of Winery Les Caractères

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Les Caractères

How Winery Les Caractères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, languedoc-roussillon lamb en papillote and its tajine with... or navarin of lamb.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Les Caractères

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Les Caractères.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Les Caractères

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Les Caractères

How Winery Les Caractères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of fish pot, home-made white pudding or steamed carrots with saffron.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Les Caractères

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Les Caractères. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, apples. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Les Caractères. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Les Caractères

  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The word of the wine: Bleeding

Old practice for red wines. As soon as the vat is filled with grapes, the tap is opened. A sweet but clear juice escapes from the vat (it can also be used to make rosé). The colour and density of the juice is enhanced, but it should not be overdone. Rarely more than 10% of the volume of a vat, otherwise you risk losing fruit and bringing in bitterness.

The top white wines of Winery Les Caractères

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Les Caractères

How Winery Les Caractères wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of chicken and shrimp jambalaya, fillets of saint-pierre with cream or rice with milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Les Caractères

On the nose the white wine of Winery Les Caractères. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or pear and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Les Caractères. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Les Caractères

  • 2017With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.35/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Les Caractères.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Les Caractères

Planning a wine route in the of Touraine? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Les Caractères.

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.

News about Winery Les Caractères and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Pierreclos

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-Pierreclos, 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 availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The Rully appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market by Debra MEIBURG

On December 10, 2020, four Hong Kong personalities discussed Chablis wines on a live webinar: Yang LU, Master Sommelier and Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador, Debra MEIBURG, Master of Wine, Ivy NG, Official Bourgogne Wines Ambassador and Rebecca LEUNG, wine expert. In this minute-long clip, Debra MEIBURG discusses the position of Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market. #Chablis #PureChablis ...

The word of the wine: Bleeding

Old practice for red wines. As soon as the vat is filled with grapes, the tap is opened. A sweet but clear juice escapes from the vat (it can also be used to make rosé). The colour and density of the juice is enhanced, but it should not be overdone. Rarely more than 10% of the volume of a vat, otherwise you risk losing fruit and bringing in bitterness.