Winery Alexandre GauvinClos Vougeot Grand Cru
White wine
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
The Clos Vougeot Grand Cru of Winery Alexandre Gauvin matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chinese noodles with vegetables and spices, half-cooked bluefin tuna or brasucade of mussels from languedoc.
Details and technical informations about Winery Alexandre Gauvin's Clos Vougeot Grand Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Informations about the Winery Alexandre Gauvin
The Winery Alexandre Gauvin is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 40 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: Bouchy
See cabernet franc.
