The Winery Michel Morilleau of Loire Valley

Winery Michel Morilleau - Prieure Royal Saint Laurent Vieilles Vignes Gros Plant
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 8686 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Michel Morilleau is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Michel Morilleau wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Michel Morilleau

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Michel Morilleau

How Winery Michel Morilleau wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of truffade (auvergne - cantal - 15), skate with vinegar and capers or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Michel Morilleau

On the nose the white wine of Winery Michel Morilleau. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Michel Morilleau

  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Michel Morilleau.

  • Chardonnay
  • Muscat 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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Michel Morilleau

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 Michel Morilleau.

Discover the grape variety: Jurançon

Jurançon white 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 medium size. The white Jurançon can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley.

News about Winery Michel Morilleau and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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The word of the wine: Stamping

Marking of corks, barrels or cases with an iron.