The Domaine Alain Michelot of Nuits-Saint-Georges of Burgundy

Domaine Alain Michelot - Bourgogne
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 30 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the region of Burgundy

The Domaine Alain Michelot is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Nuits-Saint-Georges to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Alain Michelot wines

Looking for the best Domaine Alain Michelot wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Alain Michelot 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 Domaine Alain Michelot wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Alain Michelot

How Domaine Alain Michelot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef kidney, duck breast with orange sauce or blanquette of rabbit with riesling and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Alain Michelot. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red fruit or smoke and sometimes also flavors of forest floor, plum or minerality. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Alain Michelot. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

  • 2000With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.96/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Alain Michelot.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Nuits-Saint-Georges

Nuits-Saint-Georges is a town in eastern Burgundy which gives its name to the Côte de Nuits, the Northern half of the Côte d'Or wine district. It is known for relatively Powerful, Complex red wines from the Pinot Noir grape variety. This represents 97 percent of production, with a small amount of white wine made from Chardonnay. In terms of surface area, with 320 hectares (790 acres) of Village and premier cru Vineyards, Nuits-Saint-Georges is the second largest of the 26 commune titles in the Côte d'Or, fractionally smaller than Beaune.

There are also around 315 hectares (778 acres) of vineyards within its boundaries which produce regional wines. In addition to covering land immediately north and South of the town, the appellation also includes the vineyards of its neighbor, Premeaux Prissey, where one-quarter of the premier cru climats are located. There are 41 premier cru climats belonging to the appellation; wines made from their grapes, and conforming to the strictest of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation rules, may claim the title Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru. While the town does not boast any grand cru sites, its many premier cru vineyards are rated among the finest in the district.

Although Dijon, to the north, is Burgundy's administrative Center, and Beaune, to the south, is the wine capital, Nuits-Saint-Georges holds its own as an important viticultural location. Many long-established wine merchants and negociants have made their businesses and homes here. The town has had its own Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation since September 1936, but has been the source of respected red wines for the best Part of a millennium. The Saint-Georges vineyard, in particular, just south of the town, has been known as a source of excellent wines by locals and royalty alike for many hundreds of years.

The top white wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Alain Michelot

How Domaine Alain Michelot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti with clams, penne with smoked salmon and crème fraiche or monkfish tail with coconut milk and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Alain Michelot. often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, apples or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Alain Michelot

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Alain Michelot.

  • Chardonnay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Alain Michelot

Planning a wine route in the of Nuits-Saint-Georges? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Alain Michelot.

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.

News about Domaine Alain Michelot and wines from the region

Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

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Walls: top northern Rhône whites under £30

Find Matt Walls’ 22 top-value northern Rhône whites below, and look out for his top 52 northern Rhône reds under £30 which will be published on 11th October. The northern Rhône produces just 5% of the total volume made in the broader Rhône Valley growing area. As demand for these wines increases, it’s not surprising to see prices ticking up. But it’s still possible to find some excellent wines retailing under £30 a bottle in the UK. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for 22 great val ...

Cambridge University’s King’s College earns £1.3m by auctioning off rare Burgundies

The ‘Generations of Jayer’ collection included 42 lots of some of the finest Burgundies ever bottled. A 12-bottle case of Grand Cru Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 1999 from Côte de Nuits led the charge, selling for £100,000 at the London auction. The second priciest lot was the Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 2001, which received a winning bid of £85,000. Henri Jayer was dubbed the ‘godfather of Burgundy’ after pioneering a range of key innovations in the region. He believed t ...

The word of the wine: Bite

Said of a wine with exacerbated acidity.