The Winery Fontaine-Gagnard of Burgundy

Winery Fontaine-Gagnard - Bourgogne Blanc
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 72 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Burgundy

The Winery Fontaine-Gagnard is one of the world's great estates. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Burgundy to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fontaine-Gagnard wines

Looking for the best Winery Fontaine-Gagnard wines in Burgundy among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Fontaine-Gagnard 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 Fontaine-Gagnard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

How Winery Fontaine-Gagnard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of tagliatelle with mushrooms, pasta salmon - fresh cream or knife feet.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

On the nose the white wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, melon or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, citrus fruit or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

  • 2015With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.34/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Burgundy

Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.

Unlike Burgundy's village appellations, which specialize in red or white wines or a combination of both, Burgundy covers red, white and rosé wines, and even Sparkling wines as in the case of Crémant de Bourgogne and Bourgogne Mousseux. Each Burgundy appellation may be followed by the Color of the wine (white, red or rosé), as appropriate, and if not already implied by the appellation itself. Red Burgundy is produced almost exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes and is Distinguished from White Burgundy, which is produced from white grapes (mainly Chardonnay). A key difference between Burgundy wines and those produced under the Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru appellations is that the grape variety used in the wine can be indicated on the label.

This has contributed to the perception and marketing of Burgundy wines in foreign markets, where a Burgundy Pinot Noir or a Burgundy Chardonnay is much easier to sell. To accommodate the different styles of wine produced in Burgundy, there are six key Burgundy appellations: Burgundy itself, Burgundy Aligoté (limited to the named white grape variety with other regulations distinguishing it from the generic regional appellation), "Bourgogne Mousseux", "Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire", Bourgogne Passe-tout and Crémant de Bourgogne. There are even two appellations dedicated to the region's brandies: Eau-de-vie de Vin de Bourgogne and Eau-de-vie de Marc de Bourgogne. Some of the above appellations may be suffixed with the name of the sub-region, village or vineyard where the grapes were grown.

The top red wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

How Winery Fontaine-Gagnard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, traditional veal stew or duck and peach brochettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

On the nose the red wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, citrus fruit or mushroom and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, sandalwood or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Fontaine-Gagnard.

  • 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 Winery Fontaine-Gagnard

Planning a wine route in the of Burgundy? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Fontaine-Gagnard.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Fontaine-Gagnard and wines from the region

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 ...

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Anecdotal evidence suggests that sales decreased significantly compared to the previous year, with volume and value sales down by as much as 60% in a few cases. In some instances, sales of usually bankable wines crashed to almost zero, according to the merchants that Liv-Ex polled. ‘Yet again, many buyers and collectors have had to ask what purpose the time-consuming event serves when it delivers such pitiful revenue, and who precisely it is for when it offers little compelling value,’ said Liv- ...

The word of the wine: Confit

Said of red wines that offer a very ripe nose of red and black fruits reminiscent of jam. On the palate, these aromas are dominant, the wine is very fleshy and round, and leaves an impression of sweetness on the finish that weighs it down.