The Winery Auguste Pirou of Jura

Winery Auguste Pirou - Chateau-Chalon
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 186 of the estates of Jura.
It is located in Jura

The Winery Auguste Pirou is one of the best wineries to follow in Jura.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Jura to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Auguste Pirou wines

Looking for the best Winery Auguste Pirou wines in Jura among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Auguste Pirou 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 Auguste Pirou wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sweet wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Auguste Pirou

How Winery Auguste Pirou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of gizzards in sauce, the secrets of croque-monsieur or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Auguste Pirou. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of caramel, raisin or honey.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

  • 1990With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 1992With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1996With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 1994With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Auguste Pirou.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Traminer

Discovering the wine region of Jura

The Jura is a small wine region in eastern France that is responsible for some very special and traditional wine styles. It is close to the Swiss Jura, but quite distinct from it. Wedged between Burgundy to the west and Switzerland to the east, the region is characterized by a landscape of Wooded hills and the winding topography of the Jura Mountains. The Jura vineyards cover just over 1,850 hectares, forming a narrow strip of land almost 80 km Long from North to South.

The total area is steadily increasing, but is still less than one-tenth of the area planted with vines two centuries ago, before Phylloxera decimated the region's vineyards. Jura wines are sold under five main appellations, the most important of which are Arbois">Arbois and Côtes du Jura. Five main Grape varieties are used in the region's wines - three traditional and two more modern imports. The first of the local varieties is Poulsard (or Ploussard as it is called in the communes of Arbois and Pupillin), a red grape that accounts for about a fifth of the region's plantings.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Auguste Pirou

How Winery Auguste Pirou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of brasucade of mussels from languedoc, basque chicken with chorizo or gougèress.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Auguste Pirou. often reveals types of flavors of pear, yeast or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, tree fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Auguste Pirou. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

Discover the grape variety: Savagnin

Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.

The top red wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Auguste Pirou

How Winery Auguste Pirou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, basque chicken with chorizo or potjevleesch.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Auguste Pirou.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Fleshy

Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.

The top white wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Auguste Pirou

How Winery Auguste Pirou wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, mushrooms or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of buns, beef stroganoff or surprising chicken breasts.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Auguste Pirou. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Auguste Pirou

  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Auguste Pirou.

  • Trousseau
  • Pinot Noir
  • Savagnin

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 the grape variety: Trousseau

Trousseau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Jura). 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 grapes of medium size. Trousseau noir can be found in many vineyards: Jura, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon.

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The word of the wine: Fleshy

Said of a wine that gives the impression of being dense and smooth, a bit like biting into the flesh of a ripe fruit.

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