Winery Louis ViollandVolnay 'Santenots'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Volnay 'Santenots'
Pairings that work perfectly with Volnay 'Santenots'
Original food and wine pairings with Volnay 'Santenots'
The Volnay 'Santenots' of Winery Louis Violland matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with cider, italian veal roulade or giant paella cooked on a wood fire.
Details and technical informations about Winery Louis Violland's Volnay 'Santenots'.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Informations about the Winery Louis Violland
The Winery Louis Violland is one of wineries to follow in Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots'.. It offers 66 wines for sale in the of Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots'
The wine region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots' is located in the region of Volnay Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine François Mikulski or the Domaine Vincent Girardin produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots' are Pinot noir et Chardonnay, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Volnay 1er Cru 'Santenots' often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cedar or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of violet, licorice or plum.
The wine region of Burgundy
Bourgogne is the catch-all regional appellation title of the Burgundy wine region in eastern France ("Bourgogne" is the French name for Burgundy). Burgundy has a Complex and comprehensive appellation system; counting Premier Cru and Grand Cru titles, the region has over 700 appellation titles for its wines. Thus, Burgundy wines often come from one Vineyard (or several separate vineyards) without an appellation title specific to the region, Village or even vineyard. A standard Burgundy wine may be made from grapes grown in one or more of Burgundy's 300 communes.
News related to this wine
Burgundy 2022 harvest: winemaker optimism running high
It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...
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 ...
Parts of Pouilly-Loché and Pouilly-Vinzelles set to obtain premier cru status
French national appellation authority (INAO) representative Alexis Sannier told decanter.com that a committee had ‘validated’ in September their ‘admissibility as premier cru climats and commissioned a group of experts to determine their delimitation’. Official recognition for 2024 ‘seems realistic’, he said. The request for the four climats – Les Mûres in Pouilly-Loché and Les Quarts, Les Longeays, and Les Pétaux in Pouilly-Vinzelles, which account for about one-third of 84 hectares from the tw ...
The word of the wine: R-C (champagne)
Harvesting-cooperator. It is the cooperative which elaborates the champagne of its members from their mixed contributions. It gives them bottles on which they stick their own label. It is legal without being intellectually honest. When you walk around the Champagne region, you may come across signs that say "Vigneron récoltant" to indicate a member of a cooperative. You can always ask him where his vats and press are.
