The best wines of Côte de Nuits

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

Top wines of Côte de Nuits by region

Looking for a good wine of Côte de Nuits of Mâconnais among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Côte de Nuits. 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 de Nuits with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Côte de Nuits

Red wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated shrimp skewers with garlic, rabbit with hunter's sauce or duck with orange and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Côte de Nuits

On the nose the red wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, oak or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of black currant, pepper or licorice. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Côte de Nuits

  • 2002With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.00/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Côte de Nuits

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Discovering the wine region of Côte de Nuits

The Côte de Nuits is the northern half of the Côte d'Or wine region in Burgundy (the Southern half being the Côte de Beaune). It specializes in red wines made from Pinot noir grapes, the most famous and expensive of which come from the grand crus of Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. About 95% of all wines produced in the Côte de Nuits are made from a single grape variety: Pinot Noir. The district is widely regarded as the spiritual home of Pinot Noir, a reputation strongly reinforced by such high quality wines as the Grand Cru Romanée-Conti.

The remaining 5% of Côte de Nuits wines are white, made from Burgundy's other star grape, Chardonnay. The district is not known for its white wines - the Côte de Beaune is the white wine mecca of Burgundy - but the few wines that are produced there are generally of very high quality. The finest are produced under the Vougeot Premier Cru appellation, but a small number come from the Musigny Grand Cru Vineyard. While the Côte de Beaune, to the south, is larger and more prolific, the Côte de Nuits favours quality over quantity.

It is home to some of the world's finest red wine vineyards and includes 24 of Burgundy's 33 Grand Crus. The main town is Nuits-Saint-Georges, known as Nuits until it adopted the name of its most favoured vineyard, Les Saint-Georges, in the late 19th century. Although located at the southern end of the coast, Nuits-Saint-Georges is less than 16 km from the northernmost vineyard of the Côte de Nuits, at Marsannay, which demonstrates the small Size of the area in question. Tracing the limestone spine of the Côte d'Or escarpment, the Côte de Nuits is Long and thin, measuring only 24 km from end to end and 3.

Great white wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Côte de Nuits

White wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with chicken, tuna, pepper and tomato quiche or mussels with chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Côte de Nuits

On the nose the white wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or green apple and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, microbio or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Côte de Nuits

  • 2011With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Aligoté
  • Viognier

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Côte de Nuits

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Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

Great sparkling wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Côte de Nuits

Sparkling wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal with cream and mushrooms, stuffed round zucchini or oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself!.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Côte de Nuits

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, cranberry or toasty and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or tree fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Côte de Nuits

  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.10/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Chenin Blanc
  • Gamay
  • Aligoté

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Côte de Nuits

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The word of the wine: Black Grenache

Grenache is a black grape variety that originated in Spain and is one of the great quality varieties of southern France. Sometimes vinified on its own, it is most often blended with one or more other Rhone or southern grape varieties with complementary qualities such as Syrah, Mourvèdre, Carignan or Cinsault. Its wines are warm, with aromas of red fruits (cherry) and spices; they oxidize with time. Vinified alone or in very large proportions, Grenache Noir also makes great natural sweet wines in Roussillon (Rivesaltes, Banyuls, Maury) and in the Rhône Valley (Rasteau).

Great pink wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Côte de Nuits

Pink wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast pork with onions and honey, pork cheeks confit in cider or duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Côte de Nuits

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. often reveals types of flavors of cream, wood smoke or floral and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, lime or stone.

The best vintages in pink wine of Côte de Nuits

  • 2019With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Tannat
  • Chardonnay

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Côte de Nuits

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

Great sweet wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Côte de Nuits

Sweet wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal grenadin with balsamic vinegar and honey, spaghetti squash with cream and bacon or rabbit in sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Côte de Nuits

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Côte de Nuits. often reveals types of flavors of plum, apricot or caramel and sometimes also flavors of toffee, honey or non oak.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Côte de Nuits

  • 1991With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1989With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1986With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 1995With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.50/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Côte de Nuits

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The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.

Great other wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a other wine of Côte de Nuits

Other wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, veal paupiettes with onions and tomatoes or duck breast with peaches and spices.

The most used grape varieties in other wine of Côte de Nuits

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for other wine of Côte de Nuits

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The word of the wine: Merithalle

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Great unknow wines of Côte de Nuits

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Food and wine pairing with a unknow wine of Côte de Nuits

Unknow wines from the region of Côte de Nuits go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), small stuffed provençal dishes or stuffed duck or goose neck.

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