The Winery Francois de Nicolay of Côte de Nuits

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 Côte de Nuits.
It is located in Côte de Nuits

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 monkfish tagine, paupiettes à la mérignicaise or duck with olives.

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

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 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 lasagne simplissimo, mexican salad with spicy dressing or seafood lasagna.

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: 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 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 cutlets with portuguese sauce, potjevleesch or pizza of the south west : duck breast, roquefort.

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: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Francois de Nicolay

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Discover the grape variety: Carignan

Mainly cultivated in the Languedoc region, carignan originates from Spain. Because of its very resistant branches, it is often called hardwood. Its bunches are quite large. They are compact and winged with a lignified stalk. The berries are spherical in shape and take on a bluish-black colour. Carignan has a total of 25 approved clones, the best known of which are 274, 65 and 9. The carignan buds at the beginning of June and is protected from spring frosts. It does not reach maturity until the third period. Also, this grape variety needs warmth and sunshine. It appreciates dry and not very fertile soils. Carignan vines can live for more than 100 years. Those that are more than 30 years old produce a better wine. This wine is well coloured. It is generous and powerful at the same time. Pepper, cherry, blackberry, banana, raspberry, almond, prune and violet are some of the aromas that this grape variety gives off.

News about Winery Francois de Nicolay 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 ...

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 word of the wine: Density per hectare

Number of vines per hectare. For the same yield, a vine planted with 3,000 vines per hectare bears many more bunches (per vine) than a vine planted with 10,000. The grapes will therefore be less rich in sugar and polyphenols (tannins, aromas...).