The Winery Vallettes of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil of Loire Valley

Winery Vallettes - Domaine Jamet Bourgueil Vieilles Vignes
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil in the region of Loire Valley
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The Winery Vallettes is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vallettes wines

Looking for the best Winery Vallettes wines in Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vallettes 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 Vallettes wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Vallettes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Vallettes

How Winery Vallettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of lamb skewers, delicious marinated pork chops or rabbit with cider and mushrooms.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Vallettes

  • 2016With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.46/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil

The wine region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is located in the region of Touraine of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yannick Amirault or the Domaine Sebastien David produce mainly wines red, pink and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil are Cabernet franc, Pinot noir and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil often reveals types of flavors of cherry, stone or grass and sometimes also flavors of game, cheese or graphite.

In the mouth of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 189 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil, producing 418 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Winery Vallettes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vallettes

How Winery Vallettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, lean fish or fruity desserts such as recipes of sautéed squid with parsley, kedgeree or express cherry clafoutis.

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

  • Chenin Blanc

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 pink wines of Winery Vallettes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Vallettes

How Winery Vallettes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bobotie, rougail sausage or roast doe in the oven.

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

  • Cabernet Franc

The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Vallettes

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Vallettes.

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.

News about Winery Vallettes and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Blanc de blancs (champagne)

Champagne made only from the Chardonnay grape. The expression has been somewhat overused by the intensive use made of it by certain large distributors of white table wines (or sparkling wines) who were thus seeking to promote their product.

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