The best wines of Côte Chalonnaise

Discover the best wines of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy as well as the best winemakers of Côte Chalonnaise and estates of Côte Chalonnaise to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Côte Chalonnaise and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Côte Chalonnaise by region

Looking for a good wine of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Côte Chalonnaise. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Côte Chalonnaise with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Côte Chalonnaise

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Côte Chalonnaise

Red 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 fricandeaux german style, tripe in the style of caen or wild boar stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Côte Chalonnaise

On the nose the red wine of the region of Côte Chalonnaise. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red cherry or honey and sometimes also flavors of allspice, tree fruit or vegetal. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Côte Chalonnaise. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.85/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Côte Chalonnaise

A wine route planned in the region of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Côte Chalonnaise.

Discovering the wine region of Côte Chalonnaise

The Côte Chalonnaise is a wine-growing region in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy, eastern France. It is composed of five key communes, separated from each other by only a few kilometres. From North to South, they are: Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry and Montagny. It takes its name from the commune of Chalon-sur-Saône.

The main Grape varieties of the Côte Chalonnaise are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Gamay and various other red and white mutations of the Pinot family are planted in smaller quantities. The Chalonnaise Lies between the Côte de Beaune to the north and the Mâconnais, just to the south. There is a Clear division between these two areas, clearly delineated by the border between the departments of Côte d'Or and Saône-et-Loire.

Great white wines of Côte Chalonnaise

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Côte Chalonnaise

White wines from the region of Côte Chalonnaise go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of fish with tamarind, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or my chef's pot.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Côte Chalonnaise

On the nose the white wine of the region of Côte Chalonnaise. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, mushroom or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of floral, tropical fruit or tropical. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Côte Chalonnaise. is a powerful.

The best vintages in white wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Côte Chalonnaise

A wine route planned in the region of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Côte Chalonnaise.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sparkling wines of Côte Chalonnaise

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise

Sparkling wines from the region of Côte Chalonnaise go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of traditional welsh dark beer, red tuna steak provençal style or quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Côte Chalonnaise. often reveals types of flavors of microbio, tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise

  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise

A wine route planned in the region of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Côte Chalonnaise.

The word of the wine: Cooked wine

In Provence, wine made from must cooked and reduced over a wood fire, traditionally consumed at Christmas time with the thirteen desserts.

News from the vineyard of Côte Chalonnaise

Alsace’s Domaine Zind-Humbrecht: 2019 releases tasted

It is always reassuring to find flourishing examples of family continuity in French wine estates. At the famous Domaine Zind-Humbrecht in Alsace, Pierre-Emile Humbrecht is the latest to join the family business. In preparation, he studied at the Changins School of Viticulture and Enology in Switzerland and then completed internships at wine estates, beginning with Thérèse Chappaz in that same country for 18 months, followed by a six-month period at Domaine Tissot in the Jura and then nearly eigh ...

Edmond de Rothschild Heritage purchases Central Otago winery Akarua

The deal includes 34.5ha under vine in the heart of the mountainous Bannockburn sub-region. It is mainly planted with Pinot Noir, but there are pockets of Chardonnay and Riesling too. Sir Clifford Skeggs, a Kiwi businesmman, and Lady Marie Skeggs purchased the land for Akarua in 1995, and planting began the following year. The first wines were bottled from the 1999 vintage. Akarua is now firmly established as one of the largest family-owned operations in Central Otago, and its 100% estate-grown ...

‘Ultra-rare’ Olivier Bernstein jeroboam sells for £57,000

Cult Wines partnered with Olivier Bernstein to offer the ‘ultra-rare’ jeroboam from the 2017 vintage via its new CultX digital trading platform. An auction hammer price of £57,000 ($69,000) was just under the pre-sale high estimate of £60,000. Cult Wines said the jeroboam set a new benchmark price for Romanée-St-Vivant grand cru and was sold for the equivalent of £14,250 per 75cl bottle – again demonstrating the strength of the market for high-end Burgundy wines. ‘Given the scarcity ...

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