The Winery G. Descombes of Morgon of Beaujolais
The Winery G. Descombes is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Morgon to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery G. Descombes wines in Morgon among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery G. Descombes 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 G. Descombes wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery G. Descombes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of spaghetti with summer vegetables, puchero or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.
On the nose the red wine of Winery G. Descombes. often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, jam or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or citrus fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery G. Descombes. is a with a nice freshness.
Morgon is one of the ten Beaujolais crus located on the slopes of the Beaujolais hills, on the west bank of the Saône. The appellation applies only to red wines made from the Gamay Grape. Some white grapes are allowed in the Final blend: Chardonnay, Aligoté and Melon de Bourgogne. Although there are no officially defined quantities for these varieties, Morgon's blend is controlled by limiting the proportion of these varieties that are allowed in the Vineyard to a maximum of 15%.
The wines produced here tend to be denser than those produced in most other regions of Beaujolais. They often have cherry and black fruit characters and a Fleshy, juicy Texture that is not common in Beaujolais wines. Morgon wines age so distinctly and consistently that the name of the region is often used as a verb to describe this: "il morgonne" ("it morgons"). As with most other Beaujolais crus, the wines are generally made using the traditional method of semi-carbonic Maceration known as "macération traditionelle".
How Winery G. Descombes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, sublime salmon (stuffed salmon) or magic cake cheese quiche.
On the nose the white wine of Winery G. Descombes. often reveals types of flavors of butter, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, red fruit.
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.
How Winery G. Descombes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust.
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The white Parellada is a grape variety that originated in France (Spain). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by large bunches of grapes of medium size. The white Parellada can be found cultivated in these vineyards: Languedoc & Roussillon, South West.
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