The Winery Philippe Faure Brac 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.
Looking for the best Winery Philippe Faure Brac wines in Loire Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Philippe Faure Brac 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 Philippe Faure Brac wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Philippe Faure Brac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of sea bream with white wine, slivers of squid with tomato or quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Philippe Faure Brac. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, grapefruit or grass.
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.
How Winery Philippe Faure Brac wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef coarse salt, roast lamb with thyme or duck confit (canned).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Philippe Faure Brac. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.
Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. 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 medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.
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Melon de Bourgogne (or simply Melon) is a white grape variety originating, as its name indicates, from the Burgundy region. It is better known as Muscadet, the name of the wine it produces. It is the dominant grape variety in the Nantes region on the Brittany coast. Like any grape variety, it has its own characteristics. But its history is quite particular, because its predominance in the Nantes region is the result of a terrible winter.
