The Domaine Trichon of Bugey of Savoie

Domaine Trichon - Brut
The winery offers 10 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 11 of the estates of Savoie.
It is located in Bugey in the region of Savoie

The Domaine Trichon is one of the world's great estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in of Bugey to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Trichon wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Domaine Trichon

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Domaine Trichon

How Domaine Trichon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of bites of cheese, flammekueche (with laughing cow) or duck legs with honey.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Aligoté
  • Molette

Discovering the wine region of Bugey

Bugey is a wine region in the Ain department of eastern France. The Bugey appellation covers red, white, rosé and Sparkling wines from a range of Grape varieties. The more specific Roussette du Bugey appellation applies to the Rich white wines produced in the region from the Altesse grape. The area covers the Southern limits of the Jura mountain range, which also includes the Jura wine region to the North.

The Rhône River loops around the southern end of Bugey, before flowing south to join the famous Rhône vineyards. Lyon is some 50 kilometres to the west, and the Alpine vineyards of Savoy are directly to the east. Although not technically linked to French wine law, Bugey is often grouped with Savoie. They are close both geographically and in terms of the styles of wine produced.

The top white wines of Domaine Trichon

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Trichon

How Domaine Trichon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of stuffed peppers, poached salmon in coconut milk with curry or quiche lorraine.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Trichon

  • 2012With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Mondeuse noire

Cultivated for a very long time in Savoie, it is not the black form of mondeuse blanche and Mondeuse grise is a natural mutation of mondeuse noire. According to Thierry Lacombe (I.N.R.A./Montpellier), the latter is the result of a natural intraspecific crossing between the black tressot and the white mondeuse. Mondeuse grise and Mondeuse noire are both registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties, list A1.

The top red wines of Domaine Trichon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Trichon

How Domaine Trichon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of beef coarse salt, locro criollo (argentina) or chicken ballotine with ham and mushrooms.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Trichon

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Mondeuse Noire
  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.

The top pink wines of Domaine Trichon

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Domaine Trichon

How Domaine Trichon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or pork such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), beef mironton or turkey stuffed with chestnuts.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Domaine Trichon

  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine Trichon

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

Discover the grape variety: Molette

Molette blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Savoie). 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 medium-sized bunches and small grapes. The Molette blanc can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

News about Domaine Trichon and wines from the region

Remembering Clive Coates MW, an authority on Burgundy and Bordeaux

The world of fine wine was saddened this weekend at the news of the passing of the widely loved wine authority Clive Coates MW. Few, if any, Masters of Wine exhibited the spontaneous generosity and amiable disposition that Clive Coates displayed throughout his long and illustrious career. His generosity with his time was remarkable given the breadth of his activities. Personally, I will always be grateful for his encouragement while I was preparing for the MW exam and again when publishing my fi ...

Remembering Clive Coates MW, an authority on Burgundy and Bordeaux

The world of fine wine was saddened this weekend at the news of the passing of the widely loved wine authority Clive Coates MW. Few, if any, Masters of Wine exhibited the spontaneous generosity and amiable disposition that Clive Coates displayed throughout his long and illustrious career. His generosity with his time was remarkable given the breadth of his activities. Personally, I will always be grateful for his encouragement while I was preparing for the MW exam and again when publishing my fi ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

The word of the wine: Second fermentation

In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.