Winery Eugène LebretonCuvée Prestige Volnay Premier Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Volnay Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Cuvée Prestige Volnay Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Cuvée Prestige Volnay Premier Cru
The Cuvée Prestige Volnay Premier Cru of Winery Eugène Lebreton matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, bites of cheese or duck with olives.
Details and technical informations about Winery Eugène Lebreton's Cuvée Prestige Volnay 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 Eugène Lebreton
The Winery Eugène Lebreton is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 54 wines for sale in the of Volnay Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Volnay Premier Cru
29 Premier Cru climats on 132 ha in southern Côte de Beaune, Volnay exclusively red in Pinot Noir: the most delicate and silky reds of the Côte d'Or, often called "feminine". Pale ruby robe, nose of violet, redcurrant, cherry evolving toward game and stewed prune with age. Flagship climats Clos des Chênes, Caillerets, Santenots, Champans. Mid-slope 260-300 m, marl-limestone soils.
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: Cuvée
Often followed by a name that allows for recognition and identification, the word "cuvée" designates a specific wine within the production of a winemaker. This wine is characterized by a specific grape variety, a type of maturation and an organoleptic profile. All the vintages of a domain constitute a range.
