Winery Lay & WheelerPuligny-Montrachet
White wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Puligny-Montrachet of Winery Lay & Wheeler in the region of Burgundy often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or butter and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth.
Food and wine pairings with Puligny-Montrachet
Pairings that work perfectly with Puligny-Montrachet
Original food and wine pairings with Puligny-Montrachet
The Puligny-Montrachet of Winery Lay & Wheeler matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of homemade pork curry, congolese pondu or zucchini and goat cheese quiche.
Details and technical informations about Winery Lay & Wheeler's Puligny-Montrachet.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Puligny-Montrachet from Winery Lay & Wheeler are 2014, 2016, 2015
Informations about the Winery Lay & Wheeler
The Winery Lay & Wheeler is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Puligny-Montrachet to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Puligny-Montrachet
Global cathedral of Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune: Chardonnay signature as the white king (99. 5%) — green-gold with silvery glints, racy and mineral with notes of candied citrus, white peach, white flowers, toasted almond, light honey and signature chiselled gunflint, pure tension and infinite finish. 4 mythical Grands Crus (Montrachet, Chevalier, Bâtard, Bienvenues-Bâtard) and 17 Premiers Crus. AOC (1937), ~210 ha, marl-limestone, ageing 10-30 years.
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: Ventilate
Expose the wine to the air before serving, to allow it to open up more, to develop its aromas and to round out its tannins.
