The Les Caves Duhard of Loire Valley

Les Caves Duhard
The winery offers 25 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 237 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Les Caves Duhard is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 25 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Les Caves Duhard wines

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

The top red wines of Les Caves Duhard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Les Caves Duhard

How Les Caves Duhard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stewed beef heart, coconut beans or rabbit with goat cheese and mint.

The best vintages in the red wines of Les Caves Duhard

  • 0With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Les Caves Duhard.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Côt
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Gamay

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 Les Caves Duhard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Les Caves Duhard

How Les Caves Duhard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of red mullet, mackerel, tuna, salmon sushi, cream and tuna quiche or nachos (chicken).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Les Caves Duhard

On the nose the white wine of Les Caves Duhard. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Les Caves Duhard. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Les Caves Duhard

  • 2012With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1984With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.09/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Les Caves Duhard.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Côt

Ribs have travelled a long way! In the Middle Ages it was indeed cultivated in the Yonne region. In Bordeaux, it was used in the production of vins clairets and was present in the Loire Valley where today it is only used in the AOC Touraine and Rosé d'Anjou. It goes by different names: Malbec in Bordeaux or Auxerrois in Cahors, in the Quercy vineyards, where it flourishes.it is a very old red grape variety with medium-sized bunches and berries with melting, juicy and sweet flesh. Very sensitive to frost, disease and temperature changes, it is very productive if preserved and if it reaches a good maturity.côt is used in the vineyards of several major appellations such as the AOC Médoc, Graves, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Bergerac, Pécharmant, Buzet, Malepère, Marcillac... Wines made from this grape variety are fruity, tannic, deep in colour and have good ageing potential Cultivated on a surface of 5.000 hectares in France, the côt is also very present in Argentina and Chile.

The top sparkling wines of Les Caves Duhard

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Les Caves Duhard

How Les Caves Duhard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal), slimming cod squares or apple cake.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Les Caves Duhard

  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Les Caves Duhard.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Mercaptan

Organic compound resulting from the combination of alcohol and sulphide (H2S) producing an unpleasant odour reminiscent of town gas and rotten eggs.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Les Caves Duhard

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 Les Caves Duhard.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.