The Winery Olivier Champion of Coteaux du Loir of Loire Valley

Winery Olivier Champion - Origine Jasni&egraveres
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Coteaux du Loir in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Olivier Champion is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Coteaux du Loir to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Olivier Champion wines

Looking for the best Winery Olivier Champion wines in Coteaux du Loir among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Olivier Champion 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 Olivier Champion wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Olivier Champion

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Olivier Champion

How Winery Olivier Champion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese), scallops on a bed of leeks or rougail sausage.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Olivier Champion

  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Olivier Champion.

  • Chenin Blanc
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Coteaux du Loir

Coteaux du Loir blanc is a still white wine produced in the vineyards of the Loire, in the west of France and more precisely in the wine region of Touraine. Administratively, Coteaux du Loir blanc can be produced in the dePartments of Sarthe and Indre-et-Loire. Its Terroir benefits from a temperate Climate with an oceanic influence and degraded oceanic soils of chalk tuffeau, clay-limestone and flinty clay. The "Chenin B" grape variety is the only one that can be used to make white Coteaux du Loir wine.

Coteaux du Loir white has the French AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) label as well as the European AOP (Appellation d'Origine Protégée) label. This wine is part of the Generic appellation Coteaux du Loir. You will find below the characteristics of the wines of this appellation Coteaux du Loir.

The top red wines of Winery Olivier Champion

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Olivier Champion

How Winery Olivier Champion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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 sparkling wines of Winery Olivier Champion

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Olivier Champion

How Winery Olivier Champion wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Bright

Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Olivier Champion

Planning a wine route in the of Coteaux du Loir? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Olivier Champion.

    Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

    The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

    News about Winery Olivier Champion and wines from the region

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    The word of the wine: Bright

    Said of a wine whose acidity is the dominant characteristic, making it fresh and nervous.