The Winery Moulin de Chauvigné of Anjou of Loire Valley

Winery Moulin de Chauvigné
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 24 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Anjou in the region of Loire Valley
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The Winery Moulin de Chauvigné is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Anjou to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines

Looking for the best Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines in Anjou among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Moulin de Chauvigné 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 Moulin de Chauvigné wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

How Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, grandma's chicken casserole or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Anjou

The wine region of Anjou is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Lacheteau or the Domaine Moncourt produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Anjou are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Anjou often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, caramel or bell pepper and sometimes also flavors of tomatoes, cassis or mushroom.

In the mouth of Anjou is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 448 estates and châteaux in the of Anjou, producing 960 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Anjou go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

How Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with vegetables, roast pork in the oven or roast doe in the oven.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

  • Cabernet Franc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

How Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, tartiflette or conejo al ajillo (spain).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Gamay
  • Grolleau

The word of the wine: Pinot meunier

Cultivated in the 19th century in all the northern vineyards, this black grape variety has largely regressed since. Very present in the Marne valley, it constitutes a third of the vineyards in Champagne, alongside pinot noir and chardonnay with which it is often blended. It brings roundness and red and yellow fruit aromas to champagnes. Pinot meunier is also the dominant grape variety in red and rosé wines in the Orleans AOC and the rare Touraine-Noble-Joué, a grey wine. Syn.: meunier.

The top white wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

How Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of cabbage casserole, papillotes of simple salmon steaks or quiche without pastry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

On the nose the white wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné. often reveals types of flavors of tropical, apples or honey and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

  • 2016With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.66/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

How Winery Moulin de Chauvigné wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of summer salad with red cabbage, the coughing cat's apple crumble or endive-pear-fatty-liver-blue salad bowl.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné. is a with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Baco 22A

A white grape variety resulting from the hybridization of the folle blanche and the noah. It is the only hybrid to remain authorized in a French appellation vineyard, that of Armagnac, where it thrives in particular on the tawny sands of Bas-Armagnac. When distilled, its wine produces round, smooth and aromatic eaux-de-vie with hints of ripe fruit.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Moulin de Chauvigné

Planning a wine route in the of Anjou? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Moulin de Chauvigné.

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.

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