The Winery Jean Bouchard is one of the world's great estates. It offers 171 wines for sale in of Mâconnais to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Jean Bouchard wines in Mâconnais among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Jean Bouchard 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 Jean Bouchard wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Jean Bouchard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti with beef balls, beef colombo bourguignon style or my grandmother's rabbit stew.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Jean Bouchard. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cherry or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jean Bouchard. is a with a nice freshness.
The Mâconnais wine region in Southern Burgundy is centred on the provincial town of Mâcon, from which it takes its name. The region produces a considerable amount of wine, specializing in white wines made from Chardonnay and a smaller number of red wines made from Pinot Noir and Gamay.
Unlike the Côte d'Or to the North, where a band of densely planted vines runs roughly north-south across the countryside, the vineyards of the Mâconnais are more sparsely planted and interspersed with land devoted to other forms of agriculture. The landscape here is made up of rolling limestone hills, bordered to the east by the Saône River, which flows south to join the Rhône just outside Lyon.
The Climate of the Mâconnais shows signs of its proximity to the Rhône valley, with higher than average temperatures, lower rainfall and - perhaps most importantly - less risk of vine-damaging spring frosts.
The southern end of the Mâconnais slightly overlaps the northern boundary of Beaujolais - itself officially Part of the Burgundy wine region, but often treated as a separate region.
The title Mâcon covers white, red and rosé wines from the entire region. A number of communes within the appellation's catchment area have been recognized as sources of premium wines and may add their names to the appellation; for example, Mâcon Lugny.
How Winery Jean Bouchard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of tuscan pastachute, skate wing with caper butter or cataplana with seafood.
On the nose the white wine of Winery Jean Bouchard. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, earth or cream and sometimes also flavors of oaky, citrus or apples. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jean Bouchard. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Cinsaut noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Provence). 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 large bunches and large grapes. Cinsaut noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.
How Winery Jean Bouchard wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of osso bucco of veal, ideas for savoury pancake toppings or provençal tart with rabbit.
A grey variety of Grenache grown in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Aude and the southern Rhône valley. Its powerful and round wines are used in the blending of dry white or rosé wines and natural sweet wines.
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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.
