Winery Francois GillesGrands Echezeaux Grand Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru
The Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru of Winery Francois Gilles matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, porcini sauce or aiguillettes of duck with paprika and pan-fried ceps.
Details and technical informations about Winery Francois Gilles's Grands Echezeaux Grand Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Précoce de Malingre
Very early table grape with golden, thin-skinned and juicy berries, showing simple fresh aromas of white-fleshed fruit and flowers. Occasionally vinified into simple, lively dry whites for early drinking. Mainly destined for fresh consumption at the start of the season, well suited to northern viticultural climates. Grown in France and Germany. French white variety, an early mutation obtained in the 19th century by Malingre.
Informations about the Winery Francois Gilles
The Winery Francois Gilles is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Côte de Nuits to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The wine region of Burgundy
Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.
The word of the wine: Cuvée prestige (champagne)
Vintage or not, it is composed of a selection of terroirs and generally comes from the first press after eliminating the very first juices that come out of the press. The best known? Dom Pérignon, Cristal de Roederer, Grand Siècle de Laurent-Perrie, Louise at Pommery. In fact, all the houses and most of the independent winegrowers have their own prestige cuvee.
