The Winery Francois Gay et Fils of Burgundy

Winery Francois Gay et Fils - Aloxe-Corton
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 3847 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Burgundy

The Winery Francois Gay et Fils is one of the best wineries to follow in Bourgogne.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Burgundy to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Francois Gay et Fils wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

How Winery Francois Gay et Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef lark, cocotte chicken roulades or wild boar ragout with kriek.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

On the nose the red wine of Winery Francois Gay et Fils. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, red fruit or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, strawberries or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Francois Gay et Fils. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

  • 2006With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils.

  • Pinot Noir

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 white wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

How Winery Francois Gay et Fils wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of cannelloni with salmon and spinach, summer tuna quiche or shrimp with oyster sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Francois Gay et Fils. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils

  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Francois Gay et Fils.

  • Aligoté
  • Chardonnay

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

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.

News about Winery Francois Gay et Fils and wines from the region

Californian Pinot Noir pioneer Josh Jensen passes away

Josh Jensen was famed for producing elegant, silky Pinot Noirs at Calera Wine Company on the Central Coast.  Leading wine critic Robert Parker Jr once described Calera – the company that Jensen founded in 1971 – as ‘California’s Romanée-Conti.’ Jensen completed undergraduate studies at Yale, but his love of fine wine blossomed while completing an MA in social anthropology at Oxford University in the UK. He was a key member of the rowing crew at both universities, but he still found time to devel ...

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

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 ...

Burgundy 2020 releases tap into ‘insatiable’ global demand

Liv-ex said the trade ‘is reporting strong sales’ of Burgundy 2020 wines following the first en primeur releases in recent weeks, despite higher prices. Decanter’s Charles Curtis MW rated Côte d’Or reds and whites highly in his Burgundy 2020 overview, published earlier this month. Liv-ex’s new Burgundy report also suggested that getting hold of some wines has become even more difficult. ‘The trade continues to report an insatiable global buying appetite that has led to reduced alloca ...

The word of the wine: Film maceration

A technique that consists of leaving the grapes to macerate in the open air at a low temperature before fermentation, thus enhancing the aromatic expression of the wine.