Winery L.C.MerlinRully 1er Cru 'Meix Cadot'

White wine of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' of Côte Chalonnaise of France

The Rully 1er Cru 'Meix Cadot' of Winery L.C.Merlin is a white wine from the region of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' of Côte Chalonnaise.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.

Discover the grape variety: Chenin

Chenin, also known as pinot de la Loire Valley (pineau), is the flagship grape variety of the Loire Valley. It would have found its first origins in Anjou where it would have been cultivated by the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Maur located between Angers and Saumur since the 6th century. chenin is a great white grape variety which likes particularly the chalky soils called here stones of tufa which were used for the construction of the castles of the Loire Valley. Its bunches are medium-sized, fairly compact and its berries are more or less small. It is an early variety, which resists well to diseases. Chenin has the particularity of being able to participate as well in the elaboration of dry white wines as of sweet white wines or sparkling wines. Perfectly structured by the acidity, elegant, with a complex nose and aromas of yellow fruits, dry fruits, citrus fruits, white flowers, honey... the wine resulting from the chenin is rather lively and nervous, which allows him a good potential of guard. Chenin covers about 10,000 hectares in France, and is very productive in South Africa where it covers more than 26,000 hectares.

Informations about the Winery L.C.Merlin

The winery offers 55 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' in the region of Côte Chalonnaise

The Winery L.C.Merlin is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 48 wines for sale in the of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The wine region of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot'

The wine region of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' is located in the region of Rully Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Jacques Dury or the Domaine Vincent Dureuil-Janthial produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Rully 1er Cru 'Le Meix Cadot' often reveals types of flavors of cream, tree fruit or honey and sometimes also flavors of stone fruit, stone or peach.

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.

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