The Domaine Richard Leroy of Centre Loire of Loire Valley

Domaine Richard Leroy - Les Noëls de Montbenault Anjou
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Centre Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine Richard Leroy is one of the world's great estates. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Centre Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Richard Leroy wines

Looking for the best Domaine Richard Leroy wines in Centre Loire among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Richard Leroy 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 Domaine Richard Leroy wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine Richard Leroy

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Richard Leroy

How Domaine Richard Leroy wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of fish stew, cream and tuna quiche or chicken sautéed with cashew nuts (chinese).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Richard Leroy

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Richard Leroy. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, straw or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Richard Leroy. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Richard Leroy

  • 2004With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Richard Leroy.

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Centre Loire

The Centre-Loire sub-region is located in the Loire Valley region, southeast of the Paris Basin. Its surface area is difficult to determine and the vineyards are made up of plots that vary in Size and are isolated, but also of plots of several hundred hectares. On a limestone base, the Centre-Loire has at least four types of soil: the terres blanches, Deep brown calcareous soils, which give the wines firmness, vivacity and fullness; the caillotes, Hard limestone soils, which give the wines pleasure, tenderness in their youth and a characteristic fruitiness; the grillotes, of friable limestone from which the wines take notes of candied fruits and honey; and the chailloux, siliceous with fine and coarse elements (clays, silts and sands, gravels, and pebbles), giving the wines firmness, persistent aromas, a Spicy nuance and a note of gunflint The caillotes and grillottes are shallow, stony soils, which Warm up quickly in the spring and have good rainwater Runoff, resulting in early ripening of the grapes for the production of fine, Soft, fruity wines. The semi-continental climate with microclimatic variations is ideal for the Sauvignon grape variety which gives white wines a rare harmony and perfection, and also ideal for the Pinot Noir which produces little known but no less surprising red wines.

The Centre-Loire region has nine appellations but is particularly well known for its AOC Sancerre, Quincy, Reuilly and Menetou-Salon. These appellations include those from the Auvergne vineyards (Saint-Pourçain, Côte-Roannaise and Côtes-du-Forez).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Richard Leroy

Planning a wine route in the of Centre Loire? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Richard Leroy.

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.

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