The Domaine de la Folie of Côte Chalonnaise

Domaine de la Folie
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 13 of the estates of Côte Chalonnaise.
It is located in Côte Chalonnaise

The Domaine de la Folie is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Côte Chalonnaise to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine de la Folie wines

Looking for the best Domaine de la Folie wines in Côte Chalonnaise among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine de la Folie 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 Domaine de la Folie wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine de la Folie

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine de la Folie

How Domaine de la Folie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pho ga (vietnamese chicken soup), spaghetti with salmon or sea sauerkraut with white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine de la Folie

On the nose the white wine of Domaine de la Folie. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, citrus fruit or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, pear or lemon. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine de la Folie. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Domaine de la Folie

  • 2018With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.97/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine de la Folie.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discovering the wine region of Côte Chalonnaise

The Côte Chalonnaise is a wine-growing region in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy, eastern France. It is composed of five key communes, separated from each other by only a few kilometres. From North to South, they are: Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry and Montagny. It takes its name from the commune of Chalon-sur-Saône.

The main Grape varieties of the Côte Chalonnaise are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Gamay and various other red and white mutations of the Pinot family are planted in smaller quantities. The Chalonnaise Lies between the Côte de Beaune to the north and the Mâconnais, just to the south. There is a Clear division between these two areas, clearly delineated by the border between the departments of Côte d'Or and Saône-et-Loire.

The top red wines of Domaine de la Folie

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine de la Folie

How Domaine de la Folie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of boeuf lôc lac (cambodia), milanese osso buco or rack of lamb with herbs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine de la Folie

On the nose the red wine of Domaine de la Folie. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine de la Folie. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine de la Folie

  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.63/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine de la Folie.

  • Pinot Noir

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 sweet wines of Domaine de la Folie

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Domaine de la Folie

How Domaine de la Folie wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast pork with prunes, pork cheeks confit in cider or quinoa patties with courgettes and fresh goat cheese.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Domaine de la Folie.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Dosing liqueur (champagne)

Also known as liqueur d'expédition, a solution made up of wine and sugar added to champagne after disgorgement and which determines the type of wine: extra-brut, brut, extra-dry, dry, demi-sec.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Domaine de la Folie

Planning a wine route in the of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine de la Folie.

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 Domaine de la Folie and wines from the region

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Dosing liqueur (champagne)

Also known as liqueur d'expédition, a solution made up of wine and sugar added to champagne after disgorgement and which determines the type of wine: extra-brut, brut, extra-dry, dry, demi-sec.