The Winery Rene de Lacray of Chablis of Burgundy

Winery Rene de Lacray
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 386 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Chablis in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Rene de Lacray is one of the best wineries to follow in Chablis.. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Chablis to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rene de Lacray wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rene de Lacray

How Winery Rene de Lacray 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 squid ink (italy), sea bream in foil on the barbecue or shrimp in hot sauce from cathylou.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

On the nose the white wine of Winery Rene de Lacray. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, vanilla or pear and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rene de Lacray. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Rene de Lacray.

  • Chardonnay
  • Aligoté

Discovering the wine region of Chablis

Chablis is a historic town and wine region in NorthCentralFrance. It produces light, Dry white wines, renowned for their minerality and lively Acidity. AOC Chablis wines are produced exclusively from the Chardonnay grape. The wines of Chablis are made in a rather different style from those produced elsewhere in Burgundy.

They are drier and fresher, rather than heavier and more Aromatic. Most basic Chablis is fermented and aged in stainless steel, with the use of oak barrels being more common for the top wines, although large used barrels are more likely to be used than New ones, and the wines spend less time in them than in Côte d'Or. The town and its vineyards are located a considerable distance (over 100 kilometers) northwest of the main wine regions of Burgundy, from the Côte de Nuits to the Maconnais. They are actually closer to Sancerre (Loire) and Les Riceys (southern Champagne) and to the city of Paris.

The top red wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rene de Lacray

How Winery Rene de Lacray wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef, pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce or rabbit provencale (mario style).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rene de Lacray. often reveals types of flavors of smoke, earthy or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rene de Lacray. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rene de Lacray

  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Rene de Lacray.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Rene de Lacray

Planning a wine route in the of Chablis? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Rene de Lacray.

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 Rene de Lacray and wines from the region

Decanter magazine latest issue: January 2022

Inside the January 2022 issue of Decanter Magazine: FEATURES: Aperitifs: how to do them well The art of starting it right, with drinks tips from Kate Hawkings Vintage preview: Chablis 2020 Andy Howard MW picks 33 of his top wines from a classic year in the region Producer profile: Château Angélus Jane Anson visits one of St-Emilion’s four finest grand cru classé estates Bordeaux & Burgundy vintages for Christmas Panos Kakaviatos & Charles Curtis MW select the perfect vintages and appe ...

Burgundy 2022 harvest: winemaker optimism running high

It’s expected the Burgundy 2022 harvest will be bigger than the region’s five-year average, France’s agriculture ministry said this month, also noting the healthy state of vineyards in the area. Final figures on yields are not yet available, but suggestions the 2022 harvest could represent a rebound from the historically low 2021 crop could be welcome among wine lovers and producers alike. This week, it was also announced that the 162nd Hospices de Beaune auction, co-hosted by ...

Fears of frost damage return to French vineyards

Frost returned to French vineyards early this month as France recorded its coldest April night since 1947. Temperatures plunged to minus nine degrees Celsius in some parts of the Champagne region on the night between 3 and 4 April, with minus seven reported in areas around Bordeaux and minus six in Chablis. Some winemakers lit candles and fires between vineyard rows to help protect young buds. Yet while scenes were reminiscent of the devastating frosts that struck French vineyards in April 2021, ...

The word of the wine: Acerbe

Acidic taste with a certain astringency reminiscent of unripe fruit.