Winery Michel OllivierVolnay
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Volnay
Pairings that work perfectly with Volnay
Original food and wine pairings with Volnay
The Volnay of Winery Michel Ollivier matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef with dark beer, pork chops with veal stock sauce or duck aiguillettes with basalmic.
Details and technical informations about Winery Michel Ollivier's Volnay.
Discover the grape variety: Millot Léon
Interspecific crossing between the 101-14 Millardet and Grasset (vitis riparia X vitis rupestris) and the goldriesling obtained by Eugène Kühlmann (1858-1932) around 1911 and marketed around 1921. With these same parents, he obtained among others the Maréchal Foch. Léon Millot is still found in Canada, the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and England. In France, where it was grown for a long time in Alsace, it is no longer grown in the vineyards, although it is listed in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A.
Informations about the Winery Michel Ollivier
The Winery Michel Ollivier is one of wineries to follow in Volnay 1er Cru 'Carelle sous la Chapelle'.. It offers 5 wines for sale in the of Volnay 1er Cru 'Carelle sous la Chapelle' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Carelle sous la Chapelle'
The wine region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Carelle sous la Chapelle' is located in the region of Volnay Premier Cru of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Yvon Clerget or the Domaine François Buffet produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Volnay 1er Cru 'Carelle sous la Chapelle' 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 'Carelle sous la Chapelle' often reveals types of flavors of earthy, earth or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of cherry, red fruit or non oak.
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.
The word of the wine: Flavours
There are generally four so-called fundamental flavours: acidity, bitterness, sweetness and saltiness. The first three are considered to be the building blocks of the structure of wines. They are perceived by the taste buds that cover the surface of the tongue.
