Winery Henri LavirotteMaranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
The Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois of the Winery Henri Lavirotte is in the top 10 of wines of Maranges.
Food and wine pairings with Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois
Pairings that work perfectly with Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois
Original food and wine pairings with Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois
The Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois of Winery Henri Lavirotte matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, pasta with veal stock sauce or potjevleesch (meat in a pot).
Details and technical informations about Winery Henri Lavirotte's Maranges 1er Cru Clos Des Rois.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Informations about the Winery Henri Lavirotte
The Winery Henri Lavirotte is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 1 wines for sale in the of Maranges to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Maranges
The wine region of Maranges is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Michel Sarrazin or the Domaine Chevrot produce mainly wines red, white and unknow. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Maranges are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Maranges often reveals types of flavors of earthy, microbio or black cherries and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, cassis or tree fruit.
The wine region of Burgundy
Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.
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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022
The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...
DWWA 2023 Platinum: The 97 point wines to seek out now
‘Platinum is very hard-fought’ says co-chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘It’s like something in the Premier League’, she adds, ‘but getting there means it’s going to be something special.’ The Decanter World Wine Awards judging process for Platinum begins after a meticulous first round of tasting, where all entries – this year a record 18,250 – are examined by regional specialists to determine Bronze, Silver, Gold or no award. All wines awarded 95 points (a Gold med ...
Parts of Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles set to obtain premier cru status
French national appellation authority (INAO) representative Alexis Sannier told decanter.com that a committee had ‘validated’ in September their ‘admissibility as premier cru climats and commissioned a group of experts to determine their delimitation’. Official recognition for 2024 ‘seems realistic’, he said. The request for the four climats – Les Mûres in Pouilly-Loché and Les Quarts, Les Longeays, and Les Pétaux in Pouilly-Vinzelles, which account for about one-third of 84 hectares from the tw ...
The word of the wine: Shipping (liquor)
In champagne and wines made according to the traditional method, wine is added before corking to fill the void in the bottle created by disgorging. This added wine is often sweetened by sugar incorporated in variable proportions according to the style of wine sought (see dosage). Syn.: liqueur de dosage.
