The Winery Felix Helix is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Mercurey to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Felix Helix wines in Mercurey among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Felix Helix 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 Winery Felix Helix wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Felix Helix wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of mascarpone pasta with tomato sauce, braids of sole and salmon with morels or seafood risotto.
Red capital of the Côte chalonnaise: signature Pinot Noir as king red (~80%) - deep ruby with notes of cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant and violet, evolving to leather, undergrowth and spices with ageing, structured tannins and a fleshy finish, fine ageing aptitude. Chardonnay in ample whites (citrus, white flowers, almond, brioche). AOC (1936), ~640 ha over Mercurey and Saint-Martin-sous-Montaigu, limestone marls, 32 Premiers Crus (Clos du Roi, Clos l'Évêque).
How Winery Felix Helix wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of monkfish tail with white butter, andouillette de troyes with chaource sauce or rabbit with mustard and tomatoes.
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
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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.
