The wine region of Bourgogne Vézelay is located in the region of Chablis of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine La Croix Montjoie or the Domaine de la Cadette produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bourgogne Vézelay are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bourgogne Vézelay often reveals types of flavors of apples, tropical fruit or cheese and sometimes also flavors of lime, grapefruit or red fruit.
In the mouth of Bourgogne Vézelay is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 18 estates and châteaux in the of Bourgogne Vézelay, producing 36 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Bourgogne Vézelay go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...
Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...
A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...
