Winery Albert GuichardClos de Vougeot
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Clos de Vougeot
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos de Vougeot
Original food and wine pairings with Clos de Vougeot
The Clos de Vougeot of Winery Albert Guichard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, potjevleesch or duck stew.
Details and technical informations about Winery Albert Guichard's Clos de Vougeot.
Discover the grape variety: Kyoho
Table grape with long clusters and spherical blue-black berries with thick skin and juicy flesh, with a distinctive sweet muscat flavour. Very rarely vinified. Widely grown in Japan, Korea and China for fresh consumption, one of the most popular table grapes in East Asia. Japanese black table grape obtained in 1937, crossing Ishiharawase × Centennial.
Informations about the Winery Albert Guichard
The Winery Albert Guichard is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 46 wines for sale in the of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Largest Grand Cru of the Cote de Nuits (51 ha walled) in 100% Pinot Noir: powerful, colourful reds with deep robe, floral bouquet (rose, violet, mignonette) then red and black fruits (raspberry, blackberry), wild mint, liquorice and truffle with age. Elegant attack, ample structure, fine and silky tannins, ageing 10-30 years. Vineyard fragmented into 100 plots and 80+ owners, varying quality between top, middle and lower slopes. Medieval Cistercian icon.
The wine region of Burgundy
Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.
The word of the wine: N-D
Negociant-distributor. In Champagne, a company that buys finished wines in bottles that are dressed under a brand name with the merchant's own labels.
