The Winery Jules Descombins of Mercurey of Burgundy

Winery Jules Descombins
The winery offers 17 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
It is ranked in the top 54 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Mercurey in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Jules Descombins is one of the world's great estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in of Mercurey to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Jules Descombins wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Jules Descombins

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Jules Descombins

How Winery Jules Descombins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti cacio e pepe, endives with smoked salmon au gratin or cuttlefish rust.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Jules Descombins

On the nose the white wine of Winery Jules Descombins. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or oaky. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Jules Descombins. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Jules Descombins

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.35/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Jules Descombins.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Mercurey

The wine region of Mercurey is located in the region of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine François Raquillet or the Domaine Michel Juillot produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Mercurey are Pinot noir, Chardonnay and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Mercurey often reveals types of flavors of non oak, green pear or dark fruit and sometimes also flavors of tomatoes, white pepper or cassis.

In the mouth of Mercurey is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 310 estates and châteaux in the of Mercurey, producing 545 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Mercurey go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top red wines of Winery Jules Descombins

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Jules Descombins

How Winery Jules Descombins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sloth pork loin, veal shoulder with cream and tarragon or venison stew.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Jules Descombins

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Jules Descombins. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Jules Descombins

  • 2015With an average score of 3.54/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Jules Descombins.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

The top pink wines of Winery Jules Descombins

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Jules Descombins

How Winery Jules Descombins wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of lamb skewers, gypsy sauce or silvia's quick wolf fillet.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Jules Descombins

  • 2016With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Jules Descombins.

  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Rehoboam

Bottle with a capacity of 4.5 l.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

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