The wine region of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is located in the region of Puligny-Montrachet of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine J. M. Boillot or the Domaine Leflaive produce mainly wines white and red.
The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, chalk or beeswax and sometimes also flavors of smoke, ginger or white peach. In the mouth of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 82 estates and châteaux in the of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru, producing 82 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture.
The wines of Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Canada’s wine community is mourning the sudden loss of beloved Ontario winemaker Paul Pender. Passing away at the age of just 54, Pender died ‘unexpectedly under tragic circumstances’ on 4 February, 2022, as announced by sister wineries Tawse and Redstone. Before becoming director of viticulture and winemaking at Tawse and Redstone, he was a carpenter. When he developed an allergy to the dust and solvents, he went back to school to study winemaking at Niagara College in 2004. Pender’s interns ...
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Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...
