The Winery Vieux Vauvert of Touraine of Loire Valley

Winery Vieux Vauvert - Vouvray Medium Dry
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Grands Chais de France (Groupe GCF).
It is ranked in the top 133 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Touraine in the region of Loire Valley

The Winery Vieux Vauvert is one of the best wineries to follow in Touraine.. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Touraine to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Vieux Vauvert wines

Looking for the best Winery Vieux Vauvert wines in Touraine among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Vieux Vauvert 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 Vieux Vauvert wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Vieux Vauvert

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Vieux Vauvert

How Winery Vieux Vauvert wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of salmon and goat cheese quiche, quiche without pastry or pumpkin and bacon pie.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Vieux Vauvert

On the nose the white wine of Winery Vieux Vauvert. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, oak or elderflower and sometimes also flavors of mango, lychee or earth. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Vieux Vauvert. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Vieux Vauvert

  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Touraine

The wine region of Touraine is located in the region of Centre Loire of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Famille Bougrier or the Domaine Joel Delaunay produce mainly wines white, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Touraine are Cabernet franc, Gamay noir and Chenin blanc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Touraine often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, tar or kiwi and sometimes also flavors of lime zest, lychee or asparagus.

In the mouth of Touraine is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 638 estates and châteaux in the of Touraine, producing 1688 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Touraine go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Vieux Vauvert

Planning a wine route in the of Touraine? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Vieux Vauvert.

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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