The Maison Folly of Côte de Nuits of Burgundy

Maison Folly
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1631 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Côte de Nuits in the region of Burgundy

The Maison Folly is one of the best wineries to follow in Côte de Nuits.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Côte de Nuits to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Maison Folly wines

Looking for the best Maison Folly wines in Côte de Nuits among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Maison Folly 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 Maison Folly wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Maison Folly

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Maison Folly

How Maison Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pasta with peas and bacon, codfish aioli or fish shells.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Maison Folly

On the nose the white wine of Maison Folly. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Maison Folly. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Maison Folly

  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Maison Folly.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Côte de Nuits

The Côte de Nuits is the northern half of the Côte d'Or wine region in Burgundy (the Southern half being the Côte de Beaune). It specializes in red wines made from Pinot noir grapes, the most famous and expensive of which come from the grand crus of Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. About 95% of all wines produced in the Côte de Nuits are made from a single grape variety: Pinot Noir. The district is widely regarded as the spiritual home of Pinot Noir, a reputation strongly reinforced by such high quality wines as the Grand Cru Romanée-Conti.

The remaining 5% of Côte de Nuits wines are white, made from Burgundy's other star grape, Chardonnay. The district is not known for its white wines - the Côte de Beaune is the white wine mecca of Burgundy - but the few wines that are produced there are generally of very high quality. The finest are produced under the Vougeot Premier Cru appellation, but a small number come from the Musigny Grand Cru Vineyard. While the Côte de Beaune, to the south, is larger and more prolific, the Côte de Nuits favours quality over quantity.

It is home to some of the world's finest red wine vineyards and includes 24 of Burgundy's 33 Grand Crus. The main town is Nuits-Saint-Georges, known as Nuits until it adopted the name of its most favoured vineyard, Les Saint-Georges, in the late 19th century. Although located at the southern end of the coast, Nuits-Saint-Georges is less than 16 km from the northernmost vineyard of the Côte de Nuits, at Marsannay, which demonstrates the small Size of the area in question. Tracing the limestone spine of the Côte d'Or escarpment, the Côte de Nuits is Long and thin, measuring only 24 km from end to end and 3.

The top red wines of Maison Folly

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Maison Folly

How Maison Folly wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with bacon and onions, stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce or roast duck with cider sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Maison Folly

On the nose the red wine of Maison Folly. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, raspberry or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Maison Folly. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Maison Folly

  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Maison Folly.

  • Pinot Noir

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Maison Folly

Planning a wine route in the of Côte de Nuits? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Maison Folly.

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.

News about Maison Folly and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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 ...

Walls: top northern Rhône whites under £30

Find Matt Walls’ 22 top-value northern Rhône whites below, and look out for his top 52 northern Rhône reds under £30 which will be published on 11th October. The northern Rhône produces just 5% of the total volume made in the broader Rhône Valley growing area. As demand for these wines increases, it’s not surprising to see prices ticking up. But it’s still possible to find some excellent wines retailing under £30 a bottle in the UK. Scroll down for tasting notes and scores for 22 great val ...

Cambridge University’s King’s College earns £1.3m by auctioning off rare Burgundies

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 ...

The word of the wine: Green

Said of a wine that is too acidic or marked by unpleasant vegetal tastes.