The Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin of Gevrey-Chambertin of Burgundy

Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin - Bourgogne Aligoté
The winery offers 9 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Gevrey-Chambertin in the region of Burgundy

The Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin is one of the world's great estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in of Gevrey-Chambertin to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin wines

Looking for the best Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin wines in Gevrey-Chambertin among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin 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 Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

How Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of capellini with prosciutto, smoked salmon and herb sandwich cakes or shrimp with cream and fettuccine.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

On the nose the white wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, oak or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin.

  • Aligoté
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Gevrey-Chambertin

The wine region of Gevrey-Chambertin is located in the region of Côte de Nuits of Burgundy of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine René Bouvier or the Domaine Armand Rousseau produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Gevrey-Chambertin are Pinot noir et Gamay noir, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Gevrey-Chambertin often reveals types of flavors of iron, coffee or lemon and sometimes also flavors of cola, jam or citrus.

In the mouth of Gevrey-Chambertin is a with a nice freshness. We currently count 473 estates and châteaux in the of Gevrey-Chambertin, producing 756 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Gevrey-Chambertin go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison).

The top red wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

How Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of spaghetti with beef balls, osso-bucco with asian flavours, funambuline style or duck breast in foil (barbecue).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

On the nose the red wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cinnamon or black currant and sometimes also flavors of plum, minerality or cedar. In the mouth the red wine of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

  • 2001With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.37/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2000With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2003With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.19/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin.

  • Pinot Noir

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 Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin

Planning a wine route in the of Gevrey-Chambertin? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin.

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.

News about Domaine Michel & Sylvie Esmonin and wines from the region

An overview of Morey Saint Denis appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Morey-Saint-Denis, typical of the côte de Nuits region. Situated at the center of this region, the vineyard neighbours the appellation Gevrey-Chambertin to the north and Chambolle-Musigny to the south. 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 ...

Cambridge University’s King’s College earns £1.3m by auctioning off rare Burgundies

The ‘Generations of Jayer’ collection included 42 lots of some of the finest Burgundies ever bottled. A 12-bottle case of Grand Cru Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 1999 from Côte de Nuits led the charge, selling for £100,000 at the London auction. The second priciest lot was the Henri Jayer for Georges Jayer, Echézeaux 2001, which received a winning bid of £85,000. Henri Jayer was dubbed the ‘godfather of Burgundy’ after pioneering a range of key innovations in the region. He believed t ...

Decanter guide to picnicking for wine lovers

According to lifestyle and happiness guru Gretchen Rubin, you ‘bring your own weather to a picnic’. Ms Rubin, I’d suggest, has never shivered under a tree watching raindrops turn her fish-paste sandwich to mush because the weather forecast was wrong. There are, it’s safe to say, picnics and Picnics. It’s a term that takes in everything from a rubber baguette in a French ‘Aire’ off the Autoroute du Soleil to a four-course spread while listening to opera at Glyndebourne. What’s definitely true is ...

The word of the wine: Drawing

Synonymous with racking.