The Winery Puzelat Bonhomme of Loire Valley

Winery Puzelat Bonhomme
The winery offers 42 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 271 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Puzelat Bonhomme is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 42 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

How Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of salmon crumble, thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong) or zucchini quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

On the nose the white wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme. often reveals types of flavors of apples, dill or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Romorantin
  • Chardonnay
  • Melon de Bourgogne

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 red wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

How Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of veal roast casserole, roast duck in the oven or chicken tenderloins with lemon cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

On the nose the red wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, cherry or earthy and sometimes also flavors of blackberry, minerality or red fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

  • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme.

  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Côt
  • Malbec
  • Köhnü

Discover the grape variety: Pinot Meunier

The top pink wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

How Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecue burger, country cabbage or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme.

  • Gamay
  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Pressing Rosé

A method of making rosé wine that consists of pressing the grapes directly after crushing and light skin maceration. The resulting wine is lively, light and pale.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

How Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of shrimp in coconut milk curry, sauerkraut of the sea in casserole or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pineau d'Aunis

The wines produced in the Vendôme region are of excellent quality thanks to an exceptional grape variety: pineau d'aunis. For example, the red wines of the region, with their aromas of ripe red fruit and sweet spices, are a blend of Pineau d'Aunis, Cabernet Franc and Pinot Noir. The Vendôme hillsides are less than 200 km southwest of Paris. Pineau d'Aunis, a vigorous black grape variety, was first cultivated in the 9th century. It is characterized by a late budburst. Moreover, its foliage partially reddens in autumn. Although it is difficult to grow, Pineau d'Aunis is a high-yielding grape variety, producing between 40 and 80 hectolitres per hectare. It produces a wine with low alcohol content, supple, light-coloured and very aromatic. The "Pineau d'Aunis" grape variety is used as a single variety for the production of Coteaux du Vendômois. On the other hand, it is used in blends for Anjou, Rosé d'Anjou, Crémant de vallée de la Loire, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Saumur, Saumur Champigny, Coteaux du Loir and Touraine. Finally, it is an accessory grape variety for Valençay.

The top sweet wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

How Winery Puzelat Bonhomme wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of chicken with scampi for christmas, fish lasagne or grandma's cherry clafoutis.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Puzelat Bonhomme.

  • Chenin Blanc

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Puzelat Bonhomme

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 Puzelat Bonhomme.

Discover the grape variety: Melon de Bourgogne

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.