The Domaine Franck Besson of Beaujolais

Domaine Franck Besson - Dentelle
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 5 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais
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The Domaine Franck Besson is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Franck Besson wines

Looking for the best Domaine Franck Besson wines in Beaujolais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Franck Besson 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 Domaine Franck Besson wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Domaine Franck Besson

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Domaine Franck Besson

How Domaine Franck Besson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of tournedos rossini with port sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Domaine Franck Besson

On the nose the sparkling wine of Domaine Franck Besson. often reveals types of flavors of pear, earth or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of apples, red fruit or strawberries.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Domaine Franck Besson

  • 2016With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Domaine Franck Besson.

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais

Beaujolais is an important wine region in eastern France, famous for its vibrant, Fruity red wines made from Gamay. It is located immediately South of Burgundy, of which it is sometimes considered a Part, although it is in the administrative region of Rhône. The extensive plantings of Gamay in this region make Beaujolais one of the few regions in the world that is so concentrated on a single Grape variety. Pinot Noir is used in small quantities in red and rosé wines, but in the name of regional identity, it is being phased out and will only be allowed until the 2015 harvest.

Although best known for its red wines, the region also produces white Beaujolais Blanc, from Chardonnay and Aligote. These two white wine varieties are also sometimes used in local red wines, in which they can make up to 15% of the Final blend. There are several forms of Beaujolais red wine: standard Beaujolais (including Beaujolais Supérieur), Beaujolais Villages and the Young, characterful Beaujolais Nouveau. The highest quality wines of the region are those of the ten Beaujolais crus - ten wine regions Long recognized as the best in the region.

The top red wines of Domaine Franck Besson

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Franck Besson

How Domaine Franck Besson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of makroud, paupiettes à la mérignicaise or stuffed round zucchini.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Franck Besson

In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Franck Besson. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Franck Besson

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Franck Besson.

  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet blanc

Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and a long-unknown grape variety - that would be Regent - obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner from Soyhières (Switzerland) and propagated by Volker Freytag (Germany). No resistance gene has been identified to either mildew or powdery mildew. Cabernet blanc can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Italy, England, etc., but is still little known in France.

The top pink wines of Domaine Franck Besson

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Franck Besson

How Domaine Franck Besson wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco).

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Domaine Franck Besson.

  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Reims Mountain

Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).

The top white wines of Domaine Franck Besson

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Franck Besson

How Domaine Franck Besson 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, papillotes of mackerel or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Franck Besson

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Franck Besson. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, stone or stone fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Franck Besson

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Franck Besson.

  • Chardonnay
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Gamay de Bouze

Gamay de Bouze is a grape variety known since the 19th century. Originally from Burgundy, it is found, in increasingly small areas, in the vineyards of the Cher Valley. It was used, among other things, to add a little colour to wines that lacked it. Petit mourot, rouge de couchey or rouge de bouze are the other names for this grape variety with small bunches. Sometimes winged, these are cylindrical in shape and bear berries of varying sizes. The colour of the fruit shells, bluish black, is characteristic, as is the intense red of the leaves in autumn. The leaves come from buds that appear early. They are borne by vines that are pruned short and upright. Of average vigor, Gamay de Bouze is found in soils of low fertility. It must be protected from wood diseases and chlorosis. The vinification of the rosé juice from the pulp gives a product with notes of black fruit.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Franck Besson

Planning a wine route in the of Beaujolais? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Franck Besson.

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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The word of the wine: Reims Mountain

Between Épernay and Reims, a large limestone massif with varied soils and exposure where pinot noir reigns supreme. Ambonnay, Bouzy, Verzenay, Verzy, etc., are equivalent to the Burgundian Gevrey-Chambertin and Vosne-Romanée. There are also great Chardonnays, which are rarer (Mailly, Marmery, Trépail, Villers).