The Winery Jean Torchia of Chorey-lès-Beaune of Burgundy

Winery Jean Torchia - Chablis 1er Cru 'Montee de Tonnerre'
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.3.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chorey-lès-Beaune in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Jean Torchia is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Chorey-lès-Beaune to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jean Torchia wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Jean Torchia

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jean Torchia

How Winery Jean Torchia wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of peasant minestrone, tuna gratin or pasta with shrimp.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jean Torchia.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Chorey-lès-Beaune

The wine region of Chorey-lès-Beaune is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Michel Gay & Fils or the Domaine Tollot-Beaut produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chorey-lès-Beaune are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Cabernet franc, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chorey-lès-Beaune often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, floral or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of chalk, non oak or earth.

In the mouth of Chorey-lès-Beaune is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 158 estates and châteaux in the of Chorey-lès-Beaune, producing 214 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chorey-lès-Beaune go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

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Planning a wine route in the of Chorey-lès-Beaune? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Jean Torchia.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Jean Torchia and wines from the region

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary

Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...

Master Sommelier Larry Stone explains why he sold Lingua Franca to Constellation Brands

Stone will remain on board as a brand ambassador and adviser to the business he created back in 2012. The winemaking team, spearheaded by Thomas Savre and Burgundian consultant Dominique Lafon, is still in place too. ‘We’re all still there and we’re going to keep making great wine, but we will have better resources,’ Stone told Decanter.com. Stone, a Master Sommelier, purchased the 61 hectares Janzen Farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley on December 31, 2012. He had been working at Evening Land’s a ...

The word of the wine: Thinning out

Operation consisting in eliminating the suckers that grow on the vine stocks.