The Winery Moulin Turquais of Saumur of Loire Valley

Winery Moulin Turquais
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 585 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Saumur in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Moulin Turquais is one of the best wineries to follow in Saumur.. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Saumur to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Moulin Turquais wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Moulin Turquais

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Moulin Turquais

How Winery Moulin Turquais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of enchiladas franchouillards, traditional tunisian couscous or the secrets of croque-monsieur.

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Cabernet Sauvignon

Discovering the wine region of Saumur

The wine region of Saumur is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Clos Rougeard or the Domaine Guiberteau produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saumur are Chenin blanc, Cabernet franc and Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saumur often reveals types of flavors of cream, graphite or petroleum and sometimes also flavors of green bell pepper, clove or cranberry.

In the mouth of Saumur is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 354 estates and châteaux in the of Saumur, producing 926 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saumur go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry.

The top pink wines of Winery Moulin Turquais

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Moulin Turquais

How Winery Moulin Turquais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, pumpkin and bacon pie or stuffed cabbage leaves.

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

  • 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 sweet wines of Winery Moulin Turquais

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Moulin Turquais

How Winery Moulin Turquais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of brasucade of mussels from languedoc, flounder fillets, lemon butter or apple cake.

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

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)

In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.

The top white wines of Winery Moulin Turquais

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Moulin Turquais

How Winery Moulin Turquais wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of leek and tuna pie, paella for dummies (simple and delicious) or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

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

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Moulin Turquais

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

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.