The Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy

Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine - Bourgogne
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 300 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Côte Chalonnaise in the region of Burgundy

The Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine is one of the best wineries to follow in Côte Chalonnaise.. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Côte Chalonnaise to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine wines

Looking for the best Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine wines in Côte Chalonnaise among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine 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 de la Vieille Fontaine wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

How Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, tanjia or rabbit sautéed hunter.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

On the nose the red wine of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine. often reveals types of flavors of butter, earthy or forest floor and sometimes also flavors of leather, mushroom or almonds. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine.

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Côte Chalonnaise

The Côte Chalonnaise is a wine-growing region in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy, eastern France. It is composed of five key communes, separated from each other by only a few kilometres. From North to South, they are: Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry and Montagny. It takes its name from the commune of Chalon-sur-Saône.

The main Grape varieties of the Côte Chalonnaise are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Gamay and various other red and white mutations of the Pinot family are planted in smaller quantities. The Chalonnaise Lies between the Côte de Beaune to the north and the Mâconnais, just to the south. There is a Clear division between these two areas, clearly delineated by the border between the departments of Côte d'Or and Saône-et-Loire.

The top white wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

How Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of chinese fried shrimp ravioli, pasta with tuna and tomato sauce or squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal).

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine.

  • Aligoté

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine

Planning a wine route in the of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine.

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.

News about Domaine de la Vieille Fontaine 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 ...

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 ...

Burgundy’s Charles Lachaux signs deal with Crurated club

The deal will see small-production wines of the Charles Lachaux négoce business offered exclusively to Crurated members, the new partners announced. Bottles will still be distributed separately to restaurants in several markets, they added. Lachaux is considered an exciting talent in a younger generation of Burgundy winemakers. Alongside overseeing viticultural changes at his family’s Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux in recent years, he launched his namesake micro-négoce business in 2018. From 25 July, th ...

The word of the wine: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.