Winery Jean-Louis Drout AinéBeaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Beaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands'
Pairings that work perfectly with Beaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands'
Original food and wine pairings with Beaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands'
The Beaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands' of Winery Jean-Louis Drout Ainé matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spit-turned boar leg (oven) with "automatic watering"., slow-cooked veal roast or cassoulet of yesteryear.
Details and technical informations about Winery Jean-Louis Drout Ainé's Beaune Premier Cru 'Les Belissands'.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Informations about the Winery Jean-Louis Drout Ainé
The Winery Jean-Louis Drout Ainé is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Beaune 1er Cru 'Belissand' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Beaune 1er Cru 'Belissand'
The wine region of Beaune 1er Cru 'Belissand' is located in the region of Beaune Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Aegerter or the Domaine Dubois d'Orgeval produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Beaune 1er Cru 'Belissand' are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Beaune 1er Cru 'Belissand' often reveals types of flavors of raspberry, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.
The wine region of Burgundy
Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.
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Bollinger Group purchases Château d’Etroyes in Burgundy
The company made its first foray into the region when it snapped up Domaine Chanson in Beaune back in 1999. It has now returned to acquire Château d’Etroyes, which owns some of the best plots of land in Mercurey and Rully, located in the heart of the Côte Chalonnaise. The acquisition is designed to complement the wine offering of Domaine Chanson, which produces exclusively premiers and grand crus in the Côte de Beaune. Étienne Bizot, chairman and CEO of the Bollinger Group, said Burgundy is ‘one ...
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‘Platinum is very hard-fought’ says co-chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘It’s like something in the Premier League’, she adds, ‘but getting there means it’s going to be something special.’ The Decanter World Wine Awards judging process for Platinum begins after a meticulous first round of tasting, where all entries – this year a record 18,250 – are examined by regional specialists to determine Bronze, Silver, Gold or no award. All wines awarded 95 points (a Gold med ...
The word of the wine: Maturing (champagne)
After riddling, the bottles are stored on "point", upside down, with the neck of one bottle in the bottom of the other. The duration of this maturation is very important: in contact with the dead yeasts, the wine takes on subtle aromas and gains in roundness and fatness. A brut without year must remain at least 15 months in the cellar after bottling, a vintage 36 months.
