The Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair of Côte de Beaune

Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 520 of the estates of Côte de Beaune.
It is located in Côte de Beaune

The Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair is one of the best wineries to follow in Côte de Beaune.. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Côte de Beaune to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair wines

Looking for the best Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair wines in Côte de Beaune among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair 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 Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

How Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair 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 puttanesca sauce, salmon and parmesan quiche without pastry or pasta with scampi.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, oaky or non oak and sometimes also flavors of lemon, vanilla or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.01/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discovering the wine region of Côte de Beaune

The Côte de Burgundy/cote-de-beaune/beaune">Beaune is a key wine region in Burgundy, eastern France. It owes its name to its main town, Beaune - the epicentre of local wine production and trade. Renowned for producing some of the world's most expensive white wines (most of which bear the name Montrachet in one form or another), the region also produces a handful of Burgundy's finest red wines, including those from the premier crus Pommard and grand cru Corton. As with most Burgundy wines, the white wines are made from Hardonnay">Chardonnay, the reds from Pinot Noir.

The Côte de Beaune is a narrow strip of land less than 5 kilometers wide, extending 25 kilometers to the northeast. The main Vineyard of the Côte de Beaune is almost exactly the same Size and shape as its northern counterpart, the Côte de Nuits. Together, these two regions form the Côte d'Or, a region named after the Côte d'Or and characterized by the Côte d'Or limestone escarpment that forms its backbone. The importance of this escarpment to Côte de Beaune viticulture is hard to underestimate; not only does it protect the vineyards from the prevailing westerly winds, but it also provides gently sloping, free-draining vineyard sites with near-perfect South and southeast aspects.

The top red wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

How Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with mustard, sauté of veal with mushrooms or cassoulet with duck confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, earthy or minerality and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cranberry or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

  • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair.

  • 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 Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair

Planning a wine route in the of Côte de Beaune? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair.

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.

News about Domaine Françoise & Denis Clair and wines from the region

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. 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​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. 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​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. 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​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Astringent

Said of a wine that is a bit harsh and rough on the palate. Astringency often appears in young red wines that are rich in tannins and need to be rounded out.