The Vignobles Sourice of Loire Valley

Vignobles Sourice - Château de la Mouchetière Muscadet Sèvre et Maine sur Lie
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 3726 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Vignobles Sourice is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Vignobles Sourice wines

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

The top white wines of Vignobles Sourice

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Vignobles Sourice

How Vignobles Sourice wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, appetizers and snacks or lean fish such as recipes of quenelles in nantua sauce, lebanese hummus or fried rice with chicken (khao phad kai - thai recipe).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Vignobles Sourice

On the nose the white wine of Vignobles Sourice. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus or apricot and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, tropical fruit or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Vignobles Sourice. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Vignobles Sourice

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.68/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.45/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Vignobles Sourice.

  • Melon de Bourgogne
  • Melon
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • 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 Vignobles Sourice

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 Vignobles Sourice.

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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The word of the wine: AOC

Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.