Winery Jean GagnerotClos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
The Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru of Winery Jean Gagnerot matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sweet and sour turkish dumpling soup (eksili köfte), puchero or rabbit with prunes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Gagnerot's Clos de Vougeot Grand 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 Gagnerot
The Winery Jean Gagnerot is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 75 wines for sale in the of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Largest Grand Cru of the Cote de Nuits (51 ha walled) in 100% Pinot Noir: powerful, colourful reds with deep robe, floral bouquet (rose, violet, mignonette) then red and black fruits (raspberry, blackberry), wild mint, liquorice and truffle with age. Elegant attack, ample structure, fine and silky tannins, ageing 10-30 years. Vineyard fragmented into 100 plots and 80+ owners, varying quality between top, middle and lower slopes. Medieval Cistercian icon.
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 wine
In the Bordeaux vineyard, the second wine is a lesser-aged wine made from the youngest vines, while the main wine of the château is called the "grand vin".
