The Winery Balandras of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' of Burgundy

Winery Balandras - Macon-Serrieres Les Gravieres Selection Cedric Balandras
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 4 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Balandras is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Balandras wines

Looking for the best Winery Balandras wines in Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Balandras 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 Balandras wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Balandras

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Balandras

How Winery Balandras wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of quick beef and cheese yakitori, paupiettes in a casserole with cream or duck parmentier.

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean'

The wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' is located in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Fontaine-Gagnard or the Domaine Blain-Gagnard produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or earthy and sometimes also flavors of truffle, lime or black fruit.

In the mouth of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 32 estates and châteaux in the of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean', producing 40 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean' go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

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Planning a wine route in the of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru 'Clos Saint Jean'? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Balandras.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

News about Winery Balandras and wines from the region

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 ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

The word of the wine: Closed

A flat wine that does not express its aromas.

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