Winery Piguet ChouetVolnay 'Les Grands Champs'
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Piguet Chouet's Volnay 'Les Grands Champs'.
Discover the grape variety: Picardan
Picardan is a white grape variety from Provence. Currently, this variety no longer exists. It is otherwise known as gallet blanc, grosse clairette, aragnan, papadoux or milhaud blanc. It is also called œillade blanche, but it has nothing to do with the œillade noire grape variety.Picardan has cottony buds and fairly large leaves. Its truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes are tightly packed. The berries are smaller than those of Cinsault and are rather pinkish in colour when they reach maturity. Like Cinsault, Picardy is a late bloomer with a sweet, musky aroma. Vigorous, it is not too afraid of grey rot, but it is more sensitive to erinosis. Picardan is one of the grape varieties used in the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. It gives a wine with a particular bouquet and when it is associated with other grape varieties such as mourvèdre or syrah. The rosé wine it produces is of good quality.
Informations about the Winery Piguet Chouet
The Winery Piguet Chouet is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in the of Volnay to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Volnay
The wine region of Volnay is located in the region of Côte de Beaune of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine des Comtes Lafon or the Domaine de Chassorney produce mainly wines red and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Volnay are Pinot noir, Gamay noir and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Volnay often reveals types of flavors of cherry, perfume or black fruits and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, red currant or floral.
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: Sommelier
Person working in a restaurant and responsible for the wine service. The head sommelier is responsible for putting together the wine list, managing the sommelier brigade, and ensuring the sale of wines according to the dishes (food and wine pairing).
