The Winery Jacques Balard of Chablis of Burgundy

Winery Jacques Balard
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 2250 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chablis in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Jacques Balard is one of the best wineries to follow in Chablis.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Chablis to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jacques Balard wines

Looking for the best Winery Jacques Balard wines in Chablis among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Jacques Balard 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 Jacques Balard wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Jacques Balard

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jacques Balard

How Winery Jacques Balard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of basque lasagne, roast pork with onions and honey or chicken drumstick with bacon.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jacques Balard.

  • Gamay
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Chablis

Chablis is a historic town and wine region in NorthCentralFrance. It produces light, Dry white wines, renowned for their minerality and lively Acidity. AOC Chablis wines are produced exclusively from the Chardonnay grape. The wines of Chablis are made in a rather different style from those produced elsewhere in Burgundy.

They are drier and fresher, rather than heavier and more Aromatic. Most basic Chablis is fermented and aged in stainless steel, with the use of oak barrels being more common for the top wines, although large used barrels are more likely to be used than New ones, and the wines spend less time in them than in Côte d'Or. The town and its vineyards are located a considerable distance (over 100 kilometers) northwest of the main wine regions of Burgundy, from the Côte de Nuits to the Maconnais. They are actually closer to Sancerre (Loire) and Les Riceys (southern Champagne) and to the city of Paris.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Jacques Balard

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Jacques Balard

How Winery Jacques Balard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of roast beef with caramelized onion, leg of lamb with crust or andouillette with mustard sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Jacques Balard.

  • Trebbiano
  • Macabeo
  • Viura
  • Ugni blanc
  • Colombard
  • Pinot Blanc

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.

The top white wines of Winery Jacques Balard

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jacques Balard

How Winery Jacques Balard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of kale soup, fish pot or wok of pointed cabbage with shrimps and lemongrass bo bun style.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jacques Balard.

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Basic wine

Dry, still wine intended for the production of sparkling wines (champagne, crémants, etc.). The basic wines undergo a second fermentation in the bottle for the production of carbon dioxide, and therefore of bubbles.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Jacques Balard

Planning a wine route in the of Chablis? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Jacques Balard.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.