The Winery Paul Pillot of Chassagne-Montrachet of Burgundy

Winery Paul Pillot - Bourgogne Aligoté
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chassagne-Montrachet in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Paul Pillot is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Chassagne-Montrachet to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Paul Pillot wines

Looking for the best Winery Paul Pillot wines in Chassagne-Montrachet among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Paul Pillot wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Paul Pillot wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Paul Pillot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Paul Pillot

How Winery Paul Pillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of fish with tamarind, gratin dauphinois with smoked salmon or scallops in coral sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Paul Pillot

On the nose the white wine of Winery Paul Pillot. often reveals types of flavors of apples, tropical fruit or peach and sometimes also flavors of toasty, stone fruit or honey. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Paul Pillot. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Paul Pillot

  • 2009With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Paul Pillot.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discovering the wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet

The wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine René Lequin-Colin or the Domaine Remoissenet Père & Fils produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chassagne-Montrachet often reveals types of flavors of tropical, ginger or leather and sometimes also flavors of mango, saline or red plum.

In the mouth of Chassagne-Montrachet is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 252 estates and châteaux in the of Chassagne-Montrachet, producing 422 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chassagne-Montrachet go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top red wines of Winery Paul Pillot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Paul Pillot

How Winery Paul Pillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fillet in a crust, saltimbocca alla romana or my mother's rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Paul Pillot

On the nose the red wine of Winery Paul Pillot. often reveals types of flavors of cream, smoke or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, spices or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Paul Pillot. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Paul Pillot

  • 2009With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.06/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Paul Pillot.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

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Planning a wine route in the of Chassagne-Montrachet? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Paul Pillot.

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.

News about Winery Paul Pillot and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary

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An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Cinsault

Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.