The Winery Benjamin Leroux of Burgundy

Winery Benjamin Leroux - Auxey-Duresses
The winery offers 68 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 337 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Burgundy

The Winery Benjamin Leroux is one of the best wineries to follow in Bourgogne.. It offers 68 wines for sale in of Burgundy to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Benjamin Leroux wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux

How Winery Benjamin Leroux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with parmesan cream and ham, hard-boiled eggs and gourmet muffins or squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

On the nose the white wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux. often reveals types of flavors of cream, smoke or pineapple and sometimes also flavors of apricot, toasty or stone fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

  • 2015With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.12/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discovering the wine region of Burgundy

Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.

Unlike Burgundy's village appellations, which specialize in red or white wines or a combination of both, Burgundy covers red, white and rosé wines, and even Sparkling wines as in the case of Crémant de Bourgogne and Bourgogne Mousseux. Each Burgundy appellation may be followed by the Color of the wine (white, red or rosé), as appropriate, and if not already implied by the appellation itself. Red Burgundy is produced almost exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes and is Distinguished from White Burgundy, which is produced from white grapes (mainly Chardonnay). A key difference between Burgundy wines and those produced under the Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru appellations is that the grape variety used in the wine can be indicated on the label.

This has contributed to the perception and marketing of Burgundy wines in foreign markets, where a Burgundy Pinot Noir or a Burgundy Chardonnay is much easier to sell. To accommodate the different styles of wine produced in Burgundy, there are six key Burgundy appellations: Burgundy itself, Burgundy Aligoté (limited to the named white grape variety with other regulations distinguishing it from the generic regional appellation), "Bourgogne Mousseux", "Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire", Bourgogne Passe-tout and Crémant de Bourgogne. There are even two appellations dedicated to the region's brandies: Eau-de-vie de Vin de Bourgogne and Eau-de-vie de Marc de Bourgogne. Some of the above appellations may be suffixed with the name of the sub-region, village or vineyard where the grapes were grown.

The top red wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux

How Winery Benjamin Leroux wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of savoyard matafans, veal escalope (piccata milanese) or rabbit, cabbage, bacon.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

On the nose the red wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or perfume and sometimes also flavors of hay, sage or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Benjamin Leroux. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Benjamin Leroux

  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

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.

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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.

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Said of a wine that is clear and brilliant in colour and contains no suspended matter.