The Winery Nicolas Potel of Nuits-Saint-Georges of Côte de Nuits

Winery Nicolas Potel
The winery offers 229 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 15 of the estates of Côte de Nuits.
It is located in Nuits-Saint-Georges in the region of Côte de Nuits

The Winery Nicolas Potel is one of the world's great estates. It offers 229 wines for sale in of Nuits-Saint-Georges to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Nicolas Potel wines

Looking for the best Winery Nicolas Potel wines in Nuits-Saint-Georges among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Nicolas Potel 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 Nicolas Potel wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Nicolas Potel

How Winery Nicolas Potel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sautéed pork with pineapple, roast veal grand-mère madou or watercress salad with vitamins.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

On the nose the red wine of Winery Nicolas Potel. often reveals types of flavors of earth, red currant or jam and sometimes also flavors of red cherry, pepper or black fruits. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Nicolas Potel. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

  • 1999With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.07/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Nicolas Potel.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Nuits-Saint-Georges

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.

The top white wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Nicolas Potel

How Winery Nicolas Potel 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 goat cheese, thyme and bacon, pasta salad with surimi or shrimp in red sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

On the nose the white wine of Winery Nicolas Potel. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, stone or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or red fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Nicolas Potel. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

  • 1985With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2003With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Nicolas Potel.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Nicolas Potel

How Winery Nicolas Potel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of homemade italian lasagna.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Nicolas Potel

  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Nicolas Potel.

  • Gamay

The word of the wine: Ban des vendanges

Date of the beginning of the grape harvest, fixed by the lord in the tradition of the Middle Ages and, today, by the prefect.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Nicolas Potel

Planning a wine route in the of Nuits-Saint-Georges? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Nicolas Potel.

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 Nicolas Potel and wines from the region

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Charles Lamboley

Charles Lamboley, marketing and communication director from Vignerons des Terres Secrètes, explains the differences between the appellation Mâcon-Villages and Mâcon plus a geographical denomination. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of t ...

The word of the wine: Ban des vendanges

Date of the beginning of the grape harvest, fixed by the lord in the tradition of the Middle Ages and, today, by the prefect.