The Domaine Léonis of Brouilly of Beaujolais

Domaine Léonis - Beaujolais-Villages Primeur
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 14 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Brouilly in the region of Beaujolais

The Domaine Léonis is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Brouilly to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Léonis wines

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

The top red wines of Domaine Léonis

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Léonis

How Domaine Léonis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta with cherry tomatoes, sauté of veal with mushrooms or special' tagliatelle carbonara.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Léonis

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Léonis. often reveals types of flavors of oak, cherry or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, forest floor or mushroom. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Léonis. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Léonis

  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.52/5

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

  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Brouilly

Brouilly is an appellation for red wines produced from Vineyards in north-central Beaujolais. The lower slopes of Mont Brouilly and the surrounding countryside contain large plantings of the Gamay Grape. The wines produced here are relatively robust and Full-bodied, in contrast to the light, fresh wines of Beaujolais Nouveau. The wines are fruitier than many of the other Beaujolais crus, with plum and berry flavors overpowering the traditional Floral">floralCharacter of Gamay.

The appellation was officially delimited along with most other Beaujolais crus in the 1930s. While the appellation applies only to red wines, the white varieties Chardonnay, Aligoté and Melon de Bourgogne can account for 15% of the vineyard area. They are also authorised as a minor component of the blend in Brouilly wines. The Brouilly wine area covers six communes around Mont Brouilly, none of which bears the name Brouilly, which is unusual for a Beaujolais cru.

The top white wines of Domaine Léonis

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Léonis

How Domaine Léonis wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Léonis

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

Discover the grape variety: Florental

Florental noir is a grape variety that originated in . This variety is the result of a cross between the same species (interspecific hybridization). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape for eating on our tables. The Florental noir is found in the vineyards of the Rhône Valley.

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