Winery Michel Guignier - Passe Temps

Winery Michel GuignierPasse Temps

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Passe Temps of Winery Michel Guignier is a red wine from the region of Vin de Pays.
This wine generally goes well with beef

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The Passe Temps of Winery Michel Guignier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef such as recipes of beef bobotie.

Details and technical informations about Winery Michel Guignier's Passe Temps.

Grape varieties
Natural
Yes
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
11.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Gamay noir

Gamay is a Burgundian grape variety that has existed since the 14th century. For fear of competition with the pinot noir of Burgundy, gamay was finally uprooted and planted in the Beaujolais region, from Mâcon to Lyon. These siliceous and granitic soils suit it perfectly, and it gives its best here. But it is also planted all over France, such as in Lorraine, in the Loire Valley, in Bugey, in Savoie and in Auvergne. Gamay is early and very productive and needs to be limited so that quality prevails over quantity. Short winter pruning of the shoots and high density of vines per hectare are the methods that allow it to produce very fruity, fresh and greedy red wines. Gamay is also very popular in red wine futures, and produces wines from the Beaujolais region with very interesting character and ageing potential. The AOCs Crémant-de-Bourgogne, Mâcon, Anjou, Touraine, Rosé de vallée de la Loire, Côtes-d'Auvergne, Saint-Pourçain, Bugey, Gaillac, Côtes du Luberon... and many vins de pays are proud of it. Today, about 36,000 hectares of Gamay are cultivated in France, including 22,000 hectares in Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Passe Temps - 2015
In the top 100 of of Vin de Pays wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Passe Temps from Winery Michel Guignier are 2015

Informations about the Winery Michel Guignier

The winery offers 34 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 Vin de Pays

The Winery Michel Guignier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in the of Vin de Pays to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Vin de Pays
In the top 80000 of of France wines
In the top 2000 of of Vin de Pays wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

The wine region of Vin de Pays

Vin de Pays (VDP), the French national equivalent of PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) at the European level, is a quality category of French wines, positioned between Vin de Table (VDT) and Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC). This layer of the French appellation system was initially introduced in September 1968 by the INAO, the official appellation authority. It underwent several early revisions in the 1970s, followed by substantial changes in September 2000 and again in 2009, when all existing VDT titles were automatically registered with the European Union as PGI. Producers retain the choice of using either the VDP or PGI titles on their labels, or both - in the form "IGP-Vin de Pays".

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The word of the wine: Flint (smell of)

Mineral odour reminiscent of flint and flint heated during sharpening.

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