The Winery Francois de Nicolay of Côte de Nuits of Burgundy

Winery Francois de Nicolay
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 1349 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Côte de Nuits in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Francois de Nicolay is one of the best wineries to follow in Côte de Nuits.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Côte de Nuits to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Francois de Nicolay wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay

How Winery Francois de Nicolay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef colombo bourguignon style, sauté of doe stroganoff or rabbit with homemade mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

On the nose the red wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay. often reveals types of flavors of earth, cherry or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

  • 2016With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay
  • Carignan

Discovering the wine region of Côte de Nuits

Historic heart of Burgundy's great reds, 95% Pinot Noir on ~1,500 ha — the world's most prestigious wine strip. Signature fine complex reds with notes of cherry, raspberry, violet, undergrowth, truffle, sweet spices and leather touch, silky tannins and long ageing (10-50 years) — the soul of Pinot. 24 Grand Crus including Romanée-Conti, La Tâche, Chambertin, Musigny, Clos de Vougeot. Absolute summit on Gevrey, Vosne, Chambolle, Vougeot.

Exceptional cellar wines.

The top white wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay

How Winery Francois de Nicolay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of the corsican soup, lemon and tuna risotto or soupions à la provençale.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

On the nose the white wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay. often reveals types of flavors of green apple, minerality or lemon and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

  • 2015With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Francois de Nicolay

How Winery Francois de Nicolay wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of turkey ballotine, gloom and doom or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay

  • N.V.With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Francois de Nicolay.

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Dry

Champagne with between 17 and 35 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.