The Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay of Loire Valley

Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 6793 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

How Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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 Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

How Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of seven o'clock leg of lamb, semolina-merguez salad or sauté of pork with carrots and potatoes.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay
  • Negrette

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 red wines of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

How Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Metis (grape variety)

A grape variety resulting from the crossing of two varieties of the same species. For example, pinotage (a South African grape variety) is the result of crossing pinot noir and cinsault.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay

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 Les Grandes Pierres du Lay.

Discover the grape variety: Négrette

Négrette noir is a grape variety that originated in France (South West). 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 bunches, and grapes of small to medium size. Négrette noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Les Grandes Pierres du Lay and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

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The rise of California Cabernet Franc plus 20 top wines worth seeking out

In the wake of the second destructive wave of the phylloxera bug in California in the 1980s and 1990s, Cabernet Sauvignon rose to such prominence and dominance (especially in Napa Valley) that I, like most people, assumed it must now be the most expensive grape variety in the state. Wrong. That would be Cabernet Franc. Top 20 California Cabernet Franc wines Slowly, steadily and quietly, Cabernet Sauvignon’s father has displaced its son* as the priciest grape to buy and the grape that is generati ...

The word of the wine: Metis (grape variety)

A grape variety resulting from the crossing of two varieties of the same species. For example, pinotage (a South African grape variety) is the result of crossing pinot noir and cinsault.