The best wines of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Discover the best wines of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru of Burgundy as well as the best winemakers of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru and estates of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru by region

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

Great red wines of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Red wines from the region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or poultry such as recipes of pot-au-feu, pork shank stew or basque piperade.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

On the nose the red wine of the region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  • 1991With an average score of 4.80/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.51/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.49/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.47/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.46/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Nero

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

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

Discovering the wine region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

Clos de Burgundy/cote-de-nuits/vougeot">Vougeot (sometimes "Clos Vougeot") is the largest – and one of the most famous – grand cru vineyards in the Côte de Nuits subregion of Northern Burgundy. It covers 50. 9 hectares (125 acres) of land and is second only in Size to Corton across the entire Côte d'Or. Clos de Vougeot is famously fragmented – it is divided into 100 different parcels owned by more than 80 producers – and its wines vary considerably in Character and quality.

The site dominates the Vougeot appellation in the Center of the Côte de Nuits. The grand cru Musigny, Echezeaux and Grands-Echezeaux vineyards are on the slopes above Clos de Vougeot, covering its western border. Beyond the northern edge of the walled ("clos") site lie Vougeot's four Vougeot's four premier cru climats, covering a small 11. 7 hectares (29 acres) of the appellation.

Here, also, are to be found the three hectares (seven acres) of Village-level Vougeot, on the very lower slope, bordering the eponymous village. Beyond these, further north, are the premier cru and village-level vineyards of Chambolle-Musigny. The Vouge stream originates near the commune border and flows Southeast, roughly along marking the boundary of the two areas.

Great white wines of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

White wines from the region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue with pickle sauce, tripe in the style of caen or cassoulet.

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru

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

    Discover the grape variety: Pinot Nero