The Winery Jean Couzelon of Beaujolais

Winery Jean Couzelon - Vieilles Vignes Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire
The winery offers 5 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 3076 of the estates of Beaujolais.
It is located in Beaujolais

The Winery Jean Couzelon is one of the best wineries to follow in Beaujolais.. It offers 5 wines for sale in of Beaujolais to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Couzelon wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Jean Couzelon

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jean Couzelon

How Winery Jean Couzelon wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef mironton, veal chop with mushrooms or candied gizzards.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jean Couzelon

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jean Couzelon. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jean Couzelon

  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.01/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jean Couzelon.

  • Gamay
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Beaujolais

Beaujolais is an important wine region in eastern France, famous for its vibrant, Fruity red wines made from Gamay. It is located immediately South of Burgundy, of which it is sometimes considered a Part, although it is in the administrative region of Rhône. The extensive plantings of Gamay in this region make Beaujolais one of the few regions in the world that is so concentrated on a single Grape variety. Pinot Noir is used in small quantities in red and rosé wines, but in the name of regional identity, it is being phased out and will only be allowed until the 2015 harvest.

Although best known for its red wines, the region also produces white Beaujolais Blanc, from Chardonnay and Aligote. These two white wine varieties are also sometimes used in local red wines, in which they can make up to 15% of the Final blend. There are several forms of Beaujolais red wine: standard Beaujolais (including Beaujolais Supérieur), Beaujolais Villages and the Young, characterful Beaujolais Nouveau. The highest quality wines of the region are those of the ten Beaujolais crus - ten wine regions Long recognized as the best in the region.

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Discover the grape variety: Saint-Côme

Saint-Côme blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Aveyron). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. The white Saint-Côme can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Jean Couzelon and wines from the region

Burns Night: Wines to match with haggis

Ideas for pairing wines with haggis on Burns Night: Syrah / Shiraz Shiraz-Grenache blends Viognier Beaujolais Cru (Gamay)  German Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) Chilean País There are a few different avenues to explore if you’re looking to pair wines with haggis, which sees its star quality celebrated at Burns Night supper with the traditional reading of Robert Burns’ poem, ‘Address to a Haggis‘. Made well, and from a quality source, haggis offers a rich combination of meaty ...

International Beaujolais Nouveau Day

Although Cru Beaujolais has been having its moment in the sun for a few years now, its younger, lighter-bodied ‘nouveau’ cousin is coming back into its own. How Beaujolais Nouveau Day started The tradition of Beaujolais Nouveau dates back to the 1800s. Winemakers would bottle their just-fermented wine, produced from grapes harvested just a few months prior, an unusually tight timeframe in winemaking terms. This occasion called for a massive celebration among Beaujolais-based vigneron ...

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...

The word of the wine: Powerful

Rich, full-bodied, corpulent wine.