The Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys of Chassagne-Montrachet of Burgundy

Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys - Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Blanc
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 30 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chassagne-Montrachet in the region of Burgundy
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The Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Chassagne-Montrachet to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys wines

Looking for the best Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys wines in Chassagne-Montrachet among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys 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 Les Héritiers Saint-Genys wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

How Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe), baeckeoffe with fish or mussels with white wine and tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

On the nose the white wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys. often reveals types of flavors of minerality, earth or oaky and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, non oak or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.90/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys.

  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet

The wine region of Chassagne-Montrachet is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine René Lequin-Colin or the Domaine Remoissenet Père & Fils produce mainly wines white and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Chassagne-Montrachet are Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Chassagne-Montrachet often reveals types of flavors of tropical, ginger or leather and sometimes also flavors of mango, saline or red plum.

In the mouth of Chassagne-Montrachet is a powerful with a nice freshness. We currently count 252 estates and châteaux in the of Chassagne-Montrachet, producing 422 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Chassagne-Montrachet go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.

The top red wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

How Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagine with prunes and almonds, sauté of veal with mushrooms or venison leg with tomato sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

On the nose the red wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, earthy or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, vanilla or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.24/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.18/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Gamay

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys

Planning a wine route in the of Chassagne-Montrachet? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Les Héritiers Saint-Genys and wines from the region

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 ...

Errazuriz wine photographer of the year revealed

Jon Wyand has been crowned Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year after impressing the judges with his beautiful shot of a Burgundian vineyard worker gathering prunings. The photograph was taken on a crisp winter’s day at Montagne de Corton Hill in the Côte de Beaune. ‘The winning image evokes with stark beauty the reality of wine growing – you are always at the mercy of nature,’ said wine writer Joanna Simon, one of the judges. ‘But there’s an extra element here: is he scruti ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

The word of the wine: Oenologist

Specialist in wine-making techniques. It is a profession and not a passion: one can be an oenophile without being an oenologist (and the opposite too!). Formerly attached to the Faculty of Pharmacy, oenology studies have become independent and have their own university course. Learning to make wine requires a good chemical background but also, increasingly, a good knowledge of the plant. Some oenologists work in laboratories (analysis). Others, the consulting oenologists, work directly in the properties.