Winery Jean Claude BellandGevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru
The Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru of Winery Jean Claude Belland matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of steak tartare, italian veal roulade or roast venison with green pepper sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Claude Belland's Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Informations about the Winery Jean Claude Belland
The Winery Jean Claude Belland is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru
26 Premier Cru climats on either side of the village in the Côte de Nuits, 100% Pinot Noir: the most coloured, fleshy and structured reds of the region, distinctive game note. Bright ruby in youth, deep carmine with age, aromas of strawberry, blackberry, violet, mignonette and rose. Clos Saint-Jacques flagship climat at the level of neighbouring Grands Crus. Iron-rich clay-limestone soils, south-east exposure, 15-25+ years ageing.
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: Second fermentation
In the making of champagne, fermentation of the base wine to which is added the liqueur de tirage and which takes place in the bottle. This second fermentation produces the carbon dioxide, and therefore the bubbles that make up the effervescence of the wine.
