Top 100 wines of Santenay Premier Cru - Page 2

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

Discovering the wine region of Santenay Premier Cru

The wine region of Santenay Premier Cru is located in the region of Santenay of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Les Frères Muzard or the Domaine Joseph Drouhin produce mainly wines red, white and other. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Santenay Premier Cru are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Santenay Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of earth, red cherry or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of plum, cheese or vegetal.

In the mouth of Santenay Premier Cru is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 48 estates and châteaux in the of Santenay Premier Cru, producing 73 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Santenay Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Santenay Premier Cru

wines from the region of Santenay Premier Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, curried veal roulades or oven roasted rabbit with mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Santenay Premier Cru

On the nose in the region of Santenay Premier Cru often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, raspberry or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of cranberry, earthy or oil. In the mouth in the region of Santenay Premier Cru is a with a nice freshness.

News from the vineyard of Santenay Premier Cru

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Chablis wines in the Hong Kong market by Debra MEIBURG

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Château Angélus: producer profile

Moneypenny, James Bond, Q. Not a bad trio for your wine to share the screen with in its latest cameo. I’ll try not to give too many spoilers if you haven’t yet seen No Time To Die, but I don’t think it gives too much away to say that Bond can’t resist swiping two generous glasses of Château Angélus (2005, although you don’t see the vintage on screen) for himself and Moneypenny from a bottle that Q had carefully opened for his date later that night. This is the third Bond film in which Angélus ha ...