Winery Christophe Violot-GuillemardBeaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Beaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Beaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Beaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru
The Beaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru of Winery Christophe Violot-Guillemard matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american style beef marinade, roast pork with onions and honey or duck breast with apples.
Details and technical informations about Winery Christophe Violot-Guillemard's Beaune Clos du Roy Premier Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Informations about the Winery Christophe Violot-Guillemard
The Winery Christophe Violot-Guillemard is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Beaune Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Beaune Premier Cru
42 Premier Cru climats in a band on the slope above Beaune (the largest number in all Burgundy): ~85% Pinot Noir reds, ~15% Chardonnay whites. Reds with ruby robe and violet glints, intense aromas of cherry and kirsch, round and well-coated tannins. Northern climats (Marconnets, Bressandes) intense and powerful, southern climats (Clos des Mouches, Greves) suppler. Lively floral whites.
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: OIV
International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Intergovernmental organization studying the technical, scientific or economic questions raised by the culture of the vine and the production of wine.
