The Domaine Delaporte of Haute Loire of Loire Valley

Domaine Delaporte
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 45 of the estates of Loire Valley.
It is located in Haute Loire in the region of Loire Valley

The Domaine Delaporte is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Haute Loire to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Delaporte Estate is located in Haute Loire, in Auvergne, France. For over 45 years, the Delaporte family has been creating wines that faithfully reflect the personality of the Haute Loire region. The vineyards span 15 hectares, covering the terroir that offers rich clay, limestone, and sand soil. The vines cultivated there are predominantly Gamay, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay. The Delaporte Estate focuses on traditional production methods, which means no chemical inputs and no GMO seeds are used. It produces natural wines, without filtration or clarification, without any added products. Their goal is to produce organic wines that reflect the quality and finesse of the vineyards. In addition to being natural, their wines are well balanced and full of flavors. The Delaporte Estate is proud of its fine and elegant wines that maintain the flavor of the terroir around the estate. The wines of Delaporte Estate are well known for their aromatic complexity and their clear and bright color. When you taste a wine produced by Delaporte Estate, you can find aromas of fruit, flowers, and plants mixed with notes of vanilla and cedarwood. The marly and rich soils on which the grape varieties are cultivated are also responsible for the quality of wines produced by Delaporte Estate. These well-drained soils favor the aromatization of the grapes and their wines are therefore more concentrated. As a result, most of the wines produced by the estate are aged on lees to develop even more complexity. The Delaporte Estate is proud of its renowned wines, which combine maturity, purity, and unique flavor. In addition to their regional wines, they also produce organic wines. The Delaporte family invests a lot to assure that each bottle of Delaporte Wine they produce is unique and remarkable. These wines are available at the estate’s cellar and in local wine stores.

Top Domaine Delaporte wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine Delaporte

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Delaporte

How Domaine Delaporte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, poultry or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of delicious veal stew, honey chicken salad or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Delaporte

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Delaporte. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of smoke, earthy or blackberry. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Delaporte. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Delaporte

  • 2020With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2023With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Delaporte.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Haute Loire

Auvergne vineyard on small altitude hillsides along the Allier and Loire, volcanic soils (basalt, granite). IGP Pays d'Urfé or Comtés Rhodaniens. Signature Gamay as red: fruity and fresh with red cherry, raspberry, redcurrant, violet and a volcanic mineral touch, fine tannins and refreshing palate. Fine Pinot Noir emerging.

Taut Chardonnay whites (citrus, white flowers), opulent Viognier (apricot). Medieval vineyard in renaissance.

The top white wines of Domaine Delaporte

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Delaporte

How Domaine Delaporte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of steamed pork chops, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or honey chicken wok style.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Delaporte

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Delaporte. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, grapefruit or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Delaporte. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Delaporte

  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2021With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Delaporte.

  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Supple, fragrant reds with fine tannins and vibrant freshness, showing raspberry, violet, green pepper, pencil lead and gentle spice aromas. Star of the Loire as a single variety (Chinon, Bourgueil, Saumur-Champigny) and of the right bank of Bordeaux in blends (Cheval Blanc at 60%). Also in semi-dry Anjou rosés. A historic Bordeaux variety, parent of Cabernet-Sauvignon, Merlot and Carmenère.

The top pink wines of Domaine Delaporte

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Delaporte

How Domaine Delaporte wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vitello tonnato, stuffed tomatoes with thermomix or baked leg of daguet or roe deer.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Domaine Delaporte

On the nose the pink wine of Domaine Delaporte. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, minerality or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine Delaporte

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Delaporte.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Thermoregulation

Control of the vinification temperatures (by circulating hot or cold water on the walls of the vats, for example). This is a major step forward, which in particular helps to preserve the freshness of the aromas threatened by excessive temperature rises during fermentation.

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.

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