The wine region of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques is located in the region of Chablis of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Alain Vignot or the Domaine Terres Secrètes produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earth or cantaloupe and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, citrus fruit or spices.
In the mouth of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 3 estates and châteaux in the of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques, producing 6 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bourgogne Côte Saint-Jacques go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
I’d like to say we took advantage of the lockdown and its related commotion to do a stock-take, explore new avenues, turn over intriguing stones, widen and deepen our drinking, taking careful notes as we went. Sadly, no. I won’t say we got stuck in a rut, but we did tend to stick with comfort wines – and “comfort”, in our case, means familiar. Regular readers of this quarterly column can probably guess the labels on the resulting empties. We have a wider range of comfort foods, I’m afraid, than ...
Inside the January 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Aperitifs: how to do them well The art of starting it right, with drinks tips from Kate Hawkings Vintage preview: Chablis 2020 Andy Howard MW picks 33 of his top wines from a classic year in the region Producer profile: Château Angélus Jane Anson visits one of St-Emilion’s four finest grand cru classé estates Bordeaux & Burgundy vintages for Christmas Panos Kakaviatos & Charles Curtis MW select the perfect vintages and appe ...
Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...
