The Winery Aegerter of Nuits-Saint-Georges of Burgundy
The Winery Aegerter is one of the world's great estates. It offers 215 wines for sale in of Nuits-Saint-Georges to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Aegerter wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Aegerter 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 Aegerter wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Aegerter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, oven-baked veal cutlets or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).
On the nose the red wine of Winery Aegerter. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, leather or chalk and sometimes also flavors of mushroom, black currant or cranberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Aegerter. is a with a nice freshness.
Nuits-Saint-Georges is a town in eastern Burgundy which gives its name to the Côte de Nuits, the Northern half of the Côte d'Or wine district. It is known for relatively Powerful, Complex red wines from the Pinot Noir grape variety. This represents 97 percent of production, with a small amount of white wine made from Chardonnay.
In terms of surface area, with 320 hectares (790 acres) of Village and premier cru Vineyards, Nuits-Saint-Georges is the second largest of the 26 commune titles in the Côte d'Or, fractionally smaller than Beaune.
There are also around 315 hectares (778 acres) of vineyards within its boundaries which produce regional wines.
In addition to covering land immediately north and South of the town, the appellation also includes the vineyards of its neighbor, Premeaux Prissey, where one-quarter of the premier cru climats are located. There are 41 premier cru climats belonging to the appellation; wines made from their grapes, and conforming to the strictest of the Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation rules, may claim the title Nuits-Saint-Georges Premier Cru. While the town does not boast any grand cru sites, its many premier cru vineyards are rated among the finest in the district.
Although Dijon, to the north, is Burgundy's administrative Center, and Beaune, to the south, is the wine capital, Nuits-Saint-Georges holds its own as an important viticultural location. Many long-established wine merchants and negociants have made their businesses and homes here.
The town has had its own Nuits-Saint-Georges appellation since September 1936, but has been the source of respected red wines for the best Part of a millennium. The Saint-Georges vineyard, in particular, just south of the town, has been known as a source of excellent wines by locals and royalty alike for many hundreds of years.
How Winery Aegerter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, cucumber pie or chinese noodles with shrimp.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Aegerter. often reveals types of flavors of lemon, orange or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of pear, melon or cherry. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Aegerter. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.
How Winery Aegerter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of calamari with chorizo, chicken massala or pizza-style appetizer croissants.
In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Aegerter. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
Typical aroma of white wines aged in oak barrels and wines that have undergone malolactic fermentation.
How Winery Aegerter wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, dad's lamb mouse or marinated tacaud fillets.
White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.
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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.
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...
The ‘Generations of Jayer’ collection included 42 lots of some of the finest Burgundies ever bottled. A 12-bottle case of Grand Cru Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 1999 from Côte de Nuits led the charge, selling for £100,000 at the London auction. The second priciest lot was the Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 2001, which received a winning bid of £85,000. Henri Jayer was dubbed the ‘godfather of Burgundy’ after pioneering a range of key innovations in the region. He believed t ...
Typical aroma of white wines aged in oak barrels and wines that have undergone malolactic fermentation.