The Château de Villeneuve of Loire Valley

Château de Villeneuve - Chenin Saumur
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1047 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Loire Valley

The Château de Villeneuve is one of the best wineries to follow in Vallée de la Loire.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Loire Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château de Villeneuve wines

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

The top white wines of Château de Villeneuve

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Villeneuve

How Château de Villeneuve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of wild salmon with verbena steam, goat cheese and bacon quiche or chicken curry samoussas.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Villeneuve

On the nose the white wine of Château de Villeneuve. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, microbio or apples and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, yellow apple or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Château de Villeneuve. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Villeneuve

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Villeneuve.

  • 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.

The top red wines of Château de Villeneuve

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château de Villeneuve

How Château de Villeneuve wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, rice with sausage meat and tomatoes or duck breast with apples.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château de Villeneuve

On the nose the red wine of Château de Villeneuve. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, white pepper or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of forest floor, violet or black cherries.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château de Villeneuve

  • 1996With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château de Villeneuve.

  • Cabernet Franc

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Villeneuve

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 Château de Villeneuve.

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 Château de Villeneuve and wines from the region

Guigal acquires Tavel rosé estate Château d’Aqueria

Guigal has acquired Château d’Aqueria for an undisclosed fee in a deal that adds to a sense of fresh dynamism in the historic vineyards of Tavel, a rosé-only appellation that lies on the west bank of the Rhône river in southern France. Marcel Guigal, son of Guigal domaine founder Etienne, said, ‘Our family is delighted to join the Tavel appellation and to participate in the promotion of this great gastronomic rosé.’ Château d’Aqueria. Photo credit: Courtesy of E. Guigal. The purchase puts ...

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 ...

Decanter magazine latest issue: September 2022

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The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.