Winery Pierre de CrillonCôte de Beaune Villages
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or veal.
Food and wine pairings with Côte de Beaune Villages
Pairings that work perfectly with Côte de Beaune Villages
Original food and wine pairings with Côte de Beaune Villages
The Côte de Beaune Villages of Winery Pierre de Crillon matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of venison stew with red wine, bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika) or duck breast with honey-orange sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Pierre de Crillon's Côte de Beaune Villages.
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.
Informations about the Winery Pierre de Crillon
The Winery Pierre de Crillon is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 17 wines for sale in the of Côte de Beaune Villages to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Côte de Beaune Villages
Regional red AOC of the Côte de Beaune (1937) grouping 14 village communes (excluding Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, Pommard, Volnay): Pinot Noir signature exclusive red king — expressive bouquet with signature notes of red fruits (cherry, raspberry, redcurrant), spice and floral hint evolving into undergrowth, fine tannins and balanced structure, suppler northward, sturdier southward. AOC, brown clay-limestone, red gravels, tempered oceanic climate, good ageing.
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: Grand Cru
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
