The Domaine Desfontaines of Mercurey of Burgundy

Domaine Desfontaines
Only one wine is currently referenced in this domain
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 210 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Mercurey in the region of Burgundy

The Domaine Desfontaines is one of the best wineries to follow in Mercurey.. It offers 1 wines for sale in of Mercurey to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Desfontaines wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine Desfontaines

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Desfontaines

How Domaine Desfontaines wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chicken, beef and lamb couscous (morocco), roast pork with onions and honey or turnip confit with parma cheese.

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Mercurey

The wine region of Mercurey is located in the region of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine François Raquillet or the Domaine Michel Juillot produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mercurey are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mercurey often reveals types of flavors of non oak, green pear or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of tomatoes, white pepper or cassis.

In the mouth of Mercurey is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 310 estates and châteaux in the of Mercurey, producing 545 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mercurey 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 Mercurey? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Desfontaines.

Discover the grape variety: Tardif

This is a very old grape variety in southwestern France, with "traces" found in the high Pyrenees, but also in the Atlantic Pyrenees and in the Gers. Virtually unknown in other French wine-producing regions, as well as abroad, it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. Tardif is certainly the ideal grape variety to combine with Tannat, especially when the latter is in the majority. The overall quality of its polyphenols is such as to compensate for the often harsh tannins of Tannat in young wines.

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