Winery Jean GagnerotCorton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'
Pairings that work perfectly with Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'
Original food and wine pairings with Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'
The Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes' of Winery Jean Gagnerot matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chickpeas spanish style, italian veal roulade or roast duck with cider sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean Gagnerot's Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'.
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 Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Corton Grand Cru 'Les Chaumes'
Grand Cru climat of 2. 7 ha on Aloxe-Corton at the lower south slope of the Montagne de Corton (lieux-dits Les Chaumes and La Voierosse): 100% Pinot Noir with a dominant profile of blackcurrant and cherry, evolving towards leather and truffle. Gentle slope at 250–330 m on Oxfordian Jurassic limestone (145 Ma) — reddish stony soils from brown limestone and potassium-rich marls. Exceptional Côte amphitheatre.
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: Floral
Said of a wine whose aromas are reminiscent of flowers.
