Winery Jean-Baptiste BéjotPouilly-Vinzelles
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Pouilly-Vinzelles
Pairings that work perfectly with Pouilly-Vinzelles
Original food and wine pairings with Pouilly-Vinzelles
The Pouilly-Vinzelles of Winery Jean-Baptiste Béjot matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or cured meat such as recipes of express beef cannelloni, salmon and goat cheese quiche or rabbit with homemade mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean-Baptiste Béjot's Pouilly-Vinzelles.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Informations about the Winery Jean-Baptiste Béjot
The Winery Jean-Baptiste Béjot is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 92 wines for sale in the of Pouilly-Vinzelles to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pouilly-Vinzelles
Communal AOC of southern Maconnais (villages Vinzelles and Loche, AOC 1940, clay-limestone hillsides): exclusive signature Chardonnay as white king — pale yellow robe with golden reflections, complex nose of citrus (lemon, grapefruit), white fruits (apple, pear), white flowers and buttery nuances, frank attack, freshness-roundness balance, mineral persistence. Semi-continental climate with oceanic and Mediterranean influences, ages 10 years with honey notes.
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: Overmaturation
When the grapes reach maturity, the skin becomes permeable and progressively loses water, which causes a concentration phenomenon inside the berry. This is called over-ripening or passerillage.
