The Winery Caillot of Meursault of Burgundy

Winery Caillot - Beaune 1er Cru 'Les Avaux'
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 107 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Meursault in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Caillot is one of the best wineries to follow in Meursault.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Meursault to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Caillot wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Caillot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Caillot

How Winery Caillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef mironton, veal curry or wild boar stew provencal style.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Caillot

On the nose the red wine of Winery Caillot. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, spices or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Caillot. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Caillot

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.54/5

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

  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Meursault

The wine region of Meursault is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Coche-Dury or the Domaine d'Auvenay (Lalou Bize Leroy) produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Meursault are Chardonnay et Pinot noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Meursault often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, banana or toasted almonds and sometimes also flavors of baked apple, elderflower or orange.

In the mouth of Meursault is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 464 estates and châteaux in the of Meursault, producing 869 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Meursault go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top white wines of Winery Caillot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Caillot

How Winery Caillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of smoked salmon pasta gratin, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or paella from an old spanish grandmother....

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Caillot

On the nose the white wine of Winery Caillot. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, non oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of honey, vanilla or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Caillot. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Caillot

  • 2007With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Caillot

Planning a wine route in the of Meursault? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Caillot.

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.

News about Winery Caillot and wines from the region

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Christie’s 2021 DWWA charity wine auction sets new record

A total of £72,600 was raised from 79 lots at the sixteenth DWWA wine auction hosted by Christie’s on 2 December – beating a record set in 2018. This total excludes Christie’s buyer’s premium. All proceeds will be added to funds raised by Decanter throughout the DWWA this year. Charities supported include The Drinks Trust, WaterAid, Cancer Research UK, Change Please, Decanter Apprenticeships and more. Over the past 12 months, Decanter has donated in excess of £100,000 to these charities. T ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Phylloxera

Aphid that came from America and ravaged European vineyards at the end of the 19th century. It lives on the roots of the vine, from which it pumps the sap. The only vines capable of resisting it had to be imported from the United States, and then grafted onto their root system the wood of traditional French grape varieties. Today, grafted vines are always planted.