The Winery Pignier of Jura

Winery Pignier - Cellier de Lacuzon Chardonnay Côtes du Jura
The winery offers 27 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 59 of the estates of Jura.
It is located in Jura

The Winery Pignier is one of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in of Jura to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Pignier wines

Looking for the best Winery Pignier wines in Jura among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Pignier 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 Pignier wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Pignier

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Pignier

How Winery Pignier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of poultry, mushrooms or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of potjevleesch, blanquette of fish or pasta al forno (baked pasta).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Pignier

On the nose the white wine of Winery Pignier. often reveals types of flavors of cream, spices or nutty and sometimes also flavors of pear, tropical or pineapple. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Pignier. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Pignier

  • 2014With an average score of 4.16/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.11/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.95/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Pignier.

  • Chardonnay
  • Savagnin
  • Poulsard
  • Gamay

Discovering the wine region of Jura

The Jura is a small wine region in eastern France that is responsible for some very special and traditional wine styles. It is close to the Swiss Jura, but quite distinct from it. Wedged between Burgundy to the west and Switzerland to the east, the region is characterized by a landscape of Wooded hills and the winding topography of the Jura Mountains. The Jura vineyards cover just over 1,850 hectares, forming a narrow strip of land almost 80 km Long from North to South.

The total area is steadily increasing, but is still less than one-tenth of the area planted with vines two centuries ago, before Phylloxera decimated the region's vineyards. Jura wines are sold under five main appellations, the most important of which are Arbois">Arbois and Côtes du Jura. Five main Grape varieties are used in the region's wines - three traditional and two more modern imports. The first of the local varieties is Poulsard (or Ploussard as it is called in the communes of Arbois and Pupillin), a red grape that accounts for about a fifth of the region's plantings.

The top red wines of Winery Pignier

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Pignier

How Winery Pignier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal cutlets with cream sauce, cabbage casserole or the garbure.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Pignier

On the nose the red wine of Winery Pignier. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or cherry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, raspberry or non oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Pignier

  • 2016With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.65/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Pignier.

  • Trousseau
  • Pinot Noir
  • Poulsard

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Pignier

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Pignier

How Winery Pignier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of indian chicken (simplified korma), chicken fillets with mustard and cream or salted muffins with bacon and grated cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Pignier

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Pignier. often reveals types of flavors of cream, yeast or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, vegetal or microbio. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Pignier. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Pignier

  • 2008With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Pignier.

  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Trader-Handler

Champagne term for a merchant who buys grapes to make a Champagne wine himself.

The top sweet wines of Winery Pignier

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Pignier

How Winery Pignier wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, mature and hard cheese or poultry such as recipes of chicken fajitas, crozets carbonara with beaufort cheese au gratin or korean bibimbap.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Pignier

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Pignier. often reveals types of flavors of nutty, walnut or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or oak.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Pignier

  • 2011With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Pignier.

  • Savagnin
  • Chardonnay
  • Poulsard

Discover the grape variety: Trousseau

Trousseau noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Jura). 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 grapes of medium size. Trousseau noir can be found in many vineyards: Jura, South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon.

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.

News about Winery Pignier and wines from the region

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022: Results announced

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

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Andrew Jefford: ‘Telling stories about terroir will lead us astray’

A domaine’s long history hoists its inanimate wines into life; biography brings meaning to the simple sensual pleasure of tasting a grower’s efforts. It’s important, though, to know what we are doing when we tell stories. And to know what to tell them about. Winemakers take the messy chaos of natural processes and add discipline, giving shape and direction to produce a stable and enticing wine. This was never nature’s intent. The storyteller takes a messy chaos of random events, either imagined ...

The word of the wine: Trader-Handler

Champagne term for a merchant who buys grapes to make a Champagne wine himself.

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