The Winery Veuve Chapelle of Loire Valley

Winery Veuve Chapelle
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 2.8.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Winery Veuve Chapelle is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Veuve Chapelle wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Veuve Chapelle

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Veuve Chapelle

How Winery Veuve Chapelle wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of gratin of coquillettes with ham, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or yellow risotto with mussels.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Veuve Chapelle.

  • Ugni blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Chenin Blanc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Veuve Chapelle

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 Veuve Chapelle.

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.

News about Winery Veuve Chapelle and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Família Torres establishes new base in Galicia

Torres is best known for producing wines across Spanish regions including Catalunya, Rioja and Ribera del Duero. It also has an international presence with Miguel Torres in Chile and Marimar in Sonoma, California, but for more than a decade it has been producing wines in Galicia too. This aspect of its portfolio started with the purchase of a 6ha vineyard in the Salnés subregion, producing the upmarket wine Blanco Granito based on Rías Baixas’ star variety, Albariño. The wine is made from a uniq ...

Romantic restaurants for wine lovers on Valentine’s Day

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The word of the wine: Melchior

Bottle with a capacity of 18 litres.