Discover the top 100 best wines of Côte Chalonnaise of Côte Chalonnaise as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Côte Chalonnaise and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Burgundian sub-region between Chagny and Saint-Gengoux, clay-limestone slopes south of the Côte de Beaune. Signature Pinot Noir and Chardonnay with excellent Burgundian quality-price ratio. Fine reds with notes of red cherry, raspberry, undergrowth (Mercurey, Givry) — silky and accessible. Taut, mineral whites (Rully, Montagny): citrus, white flowers, butter, hazelnut.
Lively Aligoté in Bouzeron. Strong Crémant de Bourgogne production.
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
wines from the region of Côte Chalonnaise go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tournedos with boursin, sauté of veal with tomato or rabbit with onions and mustard.
On the nose in the region of Côte Chalonnaise often reveals types of flavors of peach, lemon or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth in the region of Côte Chalonnaise is a with a nice freshness.
