The Winery Michel Pasquier of Loire Valley

Winery Michel Pasquier
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 9367 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Michel Pasquier is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Michel Pasquier wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Michel Pasquier

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

How Winery Michel Pasquier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of soy and shrimp noodles, impromptu fish fillets with cream and shallots or rice with milk.

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

  • Chenin 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.

The top pink wines of Winery Michel Pasquier

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Michel Pasquier

How Winery Michel Pasquier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of lamb, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or poultry such as recipes of marinated shoulder of lamb, vitello tonnato or chicken massala.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Michel Pasquier.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Grolleau

Discover the grape variety: Grolleau

Grolleau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Loire Valley). 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 large bunches of grapes of medium size. Grolleau noir can be found in several vineyards: Loire Valley, South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Languedoc & Roussillon.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Michel Pasquier

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 Pasquier.

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.