Winery Michel PontVolnay Premier Cru
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Volnay Premier Cru
Pairings that work perfectly with Volnay Premier Cru
Original food and wine pairings with Volnay Premier Cru
The Volnay Premier Cru of Winery Michel Pont matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of wild boar with honey, old-fashioned pork roll or duck fillets with honey.
Details and technical informations about Winery Michel Pont's Volnay Premier Cru.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Elegant reds, light in colour with silky tannins, showing strawberry, cherry and raspberry aromas, evolving to forest floor, mushroom and spice with age. Fresh acidity, delicate finish. Star of the Côte d'Or (Romanée-Conti, Chambertin, Volnay), pillar of Champagne (Blanc de Noirs) and signature of Oregon, Central Otago and Sonoma Coast. An early-ripening Burgundian variety, one of the world's greatest.
Last vintages of this wine
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Informations about the Winery Michel Pont
The Winery Michel Pont is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 25 wines for sale in the of Volnay Premier Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Volnay Premier Cru
29 Premier Cru climats on 132 ha in southern Côte de Beaune, Volnay exclusively red in Pinot Noir: the most delicate and silky reds of the Côte d'Or, often called "feminine". Pale ruby robe, nose of violet, redcurrant, cherry evolving toward game and stewed prune with age. Flagship climats Clos des Chênes, Caillerets, Santenots, Champans. Mid-slope 260-300 m, marl-limestone soils.
The wine region of Burgundy
Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.
The word of the wine: Dense
Rich and concentrated wine with tight tannins and a consistent body.
