Winery Viard FreresClos de Vougeot Grand Cru
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Discover the grape variety: Bouquettraube
Aromatic sweet and off-dry whites with a pale golden robe, a fragrant and fresh palate with preserved acidity, intense signature musky aromas (fresh grapes, rose), white flowers and spiced notes. Seductive aromatic profile. Grown on small surfaces in Germany and South Africa, mainly serves for aromatic sweet and off-dry whites. German white grape obtained in 1928 in Alzey by Georg Scheu, a crossing of Silvaner x Portugieser.
Informations about the Winery Viard Freres
The Winery Viard Freres is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 4 wines for sale in the of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Largest Grand Cru of the Cote de Nuits (51 ha walled) in 100% Pinot Noir: powerful, colourful reds with deep robe, floral bouquet (rose, violet, mignonette) then red and black fruits (raspberry, blackberry), wild mint, liquorice and truffle with age. Elegant attack, ample structure, fine and silky tannins, ageing 10-30 years. Vineyard fragmented into 100 plots and 80+ owners, varying quality between top, middle and lower slopes. Medieval Cistercian icon.
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: Thinning
Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.
