Top 100 red wines of Monthélie Premier Cru

Discover the top 100 best red wines of Monthélie Premier Cru of Côte de Beaune as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Monthélie Premier Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Monthélie Premier Cru

The wine region of Monthélie Premier Cru is located in the region of Monthélie of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bouchard Père & Fils or the Domaine des Comtes Lafon produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Monthélie Premier Cru are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Monthélie Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of oak, violet or leather and sometimes also flavors of smoke, floral or black fruit.

In the mouth of Monthélie Premier Cru is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 21 estates and châteaux in the of Monthélie Premier Cru, producing 24 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Monthélie Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Monthélie Premier Cru

red wines from the region of Monthélie Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tunisian molokheya, flank steak with shallots in red wine sauce or duck legs confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Monthélie Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Monthélie Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or red cherry and sometimes also flavors of cranberry, mushroom or graphite. In the mouth in the region of Monthélie Premier Cru is a with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Monthélie Premier Cru

DO Terra Alta makes orange wine official

In the last board meeting of 2021 for the regulatory council of DO Terra Alta, in Catalunya, Spain, a long list of changes was approved. The most prominent was the making of a very strict certification system for wines that are 100% Garnatxa Blanca given that it’s their flagship grape variety. But perhaps the most interesting item is a bit further down the list that allows certification for a type of wines that in Catalan are called “vins brisats”. The name refers to white wine ...

Liv-ex lists top traded Champagnes amid rising prices

Surging demand for luxury Champagnes in the past two years appears to have changed the region’s profile on the secondary market, said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade. ‘Once a relatively modest price performer, Champagne has become the best performer over the past one and two years,’ said Liv-ex in a new report published this week for members.  Its Champagne 50 index, featuring Krug, Cristal, Dom Pérignon, Salon and Taittinger Comtes de Champagne among others, has risen in value ...

Reduced planting density initiative approved in Champagne

The proposal reduces the mandatory density of planting from 8,000 vines per hectare to approximately 6,000. This would be accomplished by allowing 2.2 metres between rows, essentially removing every other row. The stated purposes include reducing the cost of maintaining the vineyards and therefore the time necessary to maintain them. This has been put forward as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and proponents estimate that such emissions would be 20% lower under the measure, leading som ...

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