The best white wines are those that have successfully combined the cultivation of a quality grape variety with tailor-made vinification to bring out the grape's full potential. This is the case, for example, with white wines such as Tariquet Premières Grives, Côtes-du-Rhône's AOC Condrieu or Savoie's Chignin Bergeron. Each region has its own terroir and characteristics, and this is what makes France so extraordinary, producing some of the world's finest white wines.
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# Where to find the best white wine?

## France has many great white wines

where to find the best white wine

France, a wine-producing country par excellence, produces an incredible quantity of fine white wines whether traditionally, organically or biodynamically grown. So it's no surprise that France produces some of the finest white wines in the world. As with all white wines, the best bottles are beautifully fresh, often with an invigorating hint of acidity. Its aromas and flavors hark back to its origins, terroir and flora.

The best white wines are those that have successfully combined the cultivation of a quality grape variety with tailor-made vinification to bring out the grape's full potential. This is the case, for example, with white wines such as Tariquet Premières Grives, Côtes-du-Rhône's AOC Condrieu or Savoie's Chignin Bergeron. Each region has its own terroir and characteristics, and this is what makes France so extraordinary, producing some of the world's finest white wines.

To understand the heterogeneity of French French white wines To understand the heterogeneity of French white wines, it's enough to go from a south-western wine like a Côtes-de-Gascogne to an Alsatian wine like a Gewurztraminer. It's also clear that organic white wines but also biodynamic white wines deliver different aromas from traditional white wines, being purer, better structured, less alcohol-driven and more fruit-driven. Barrel ageing brings a touch of woodiness, which can be transformed into delicious toasted, toasted or brioche flavors.

A good example of best white wine and a great white wine wine would surely be a bottle of Cigalus from the Gérard Bertrand domains, a white wine from the south of France from the south of France, with silky, full flavors and intense aromas.

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## White wine and vintage

White wine and vintage

From one year to the next, climatic conditions change, which logically influences the plant world, and vineyards in particular. This is how the importance of vintages emerges, depending in particular on the weather during the year, from spring to late summer, or even early autumn for late harvest wines. late-harvest wines (especially for Alsace wines, as well as sweet and syrupy white wines).

It's easy to understand that a mild spring accompanied by a hot, dry summer (but not too hot) produces better quality grapes than a year with a cold spring, late frosts and a summer with very little sunshine. Each wine-growing region has its own climate, and each grape variety has its own ideal climatic conditions, so good years in north-eastern France will not necessarily be the same as those in south-western France.

An atypical winery like Château La Sauvageonne for example, produces an excellent white wine AOP Languedoc labelled Bio (AB) and Biodynamqiue (Demeter), with strong character, offering generosity, amplitude and freshness. If we were to compare the years, the 2018 vintage is notably an excellent year for the Rhône Valley, Burgundy and Languedoc-Roussillon, the 2016 for Bordeaux and Loire Valley wines. As for the 2019 vintage, it was an excellent year for just about every wine-growing region in France.

## The main white wine grape varieties

Chardonnay, Pinot blanc, Sauvignon blanc, Grenache blanc, Riesling and Gewurztraminer are the best-known grape varieties used to make white wine, and account for the vast majority of French white wine production. Other, lesser-known and too-often neglected grape varieties are also worth highlighting, such as Viognier (a wine from the south of France), Savagnin (used in particular to produce Vin Jaune du Jura), Aligoté (a cousin of Chardonnay) and Gros Manseng (a grape from the Pyrenees used to produce Jurançon).

The main white wine grape varieties

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