At the table with Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023
Grilled spiny lobster, chicken with cream and mushrooms, pan-fried foie gras with apples, scallops in beurre blanc, fruity Comté.
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Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023Domaine Gaillard
This Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère comes from a 52-are plot located in the village of Davayé, in the Mâconnais, at the foot of the Roche de Solutré. The upper part of the plot, facing south-east, rests on residual clays with few stones, while the lower part, facing north, takes root in shallow limestone. The vines, 45 years old on average, are worked by Domaine Gaillard with mechanical weeding.
The harvest is done by hand. After gentle pressing and static settling at 15 °C, alcoholic fermentation takes place at 18 °C with native yeasts, followed by malolactic fermentation. The cuvée is vinified without sulphur. Ageing takes place 10% in new barrels and 90% in tank, to retain the freshness of the fruit.
This wine reveals notes of honey, acacia, honeysuckle, yellow peach, apricot, pear, fresh butter and vanilla. The straw-yellow colour with golden glints precedes an open nose of lovely lightness. The palate shows fine volume, generous and very delicious fruit, and lovely length.
All about Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023
At what temperature should Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023 be served?
Between 10 and 12 °C.
How long can Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023 be kept?
Ageing potential: 1 to 5 years, until around 2028. Store the bottle lying down, away from light, at around 12 °C.
Which grapes make up Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023?
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay. Origin: Burgundy, France. Alcohol: 13.3%.
What to serve with Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023?
Saint-Véran La Grand Bruyère 2023 pairs well with shellfish, hard cheese and white meat. Our dish ideas are in the food pairing box at the top of the page.
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BurgundyFrance
Burgundy is a real adventure land for wine lovers! Supported by a predominantly continental climate, Burgundy wines draw their unique character from diverse influences — continental, Mediterranean and oceanic — which intertwine to create a symphony of incomparable flavors. It is this climatic fusion that allows each Burgundy Grand Cru to reveal aromas and flavors that some consider to be the best in the world.
From north to south, each Burgundian wine region, from Chablis to Mâconnais, benefits from its own microclimate. In Chablis, winegrowers combat spring frosts by wrapping the vines in a protective cocoon of frozen water. On the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, the hills capture the sunlight, generating hot summers which fill the grapes with sunshine, while the Mâconnais benefits from an almost Mediterranean climate, less prone to frost and drier.
This mix of climatic conditions, combined with a diverse geology with more than 400 different soil types, gives each Burgundy wine its own identity. Each bottle is a story of terroir, a story of land and climate, an invitation to explore the rich wine heritage of Burgundy.
The little history of the country
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The cradle of wine culture in Western Europe, France owes its first vines to the Greeks of Phocaea, who settled around Marseille some twenty-six centuries ago, before the Romans spread viticulture along the Rhône and the Garonne and as far as Champagne. In the Middle Ages, Cistercian and Benedictine monks cleared the slopes of Burgundy and patiently mapped out the climats, laying the foundations of the notion of terroir. The 19th century brought the glory of the classifications, then the disaster of phylloxera, which wiped out the vineyards before they were rebuilt on American rootstocks; the creation of the appellations d'origine contrôlée in the 1930s then set the rules that would inspire the whole world. Today, France vies every year with Italy and Spain for first place in world production by volume and remains the ultimate benchmark of the Old World, as much for its age-worthy wines as for its winemaking models. Vineyards cover almost the entire country, from the cool north of Champagne and Alsace to the Mediterranean shores of Languedoc and Provence, by way of the oceanic climates of Bordeaux, the Loire and the South-West, continental Burgundy, the steep slopes of the northern Rhône and the high-altitude valleys of Savoie and the Jura. This mosaic of soils – limestone, schist, gravel or rounded pebbles – explains the extraordinary diversity of styles. As for grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominate Bordeaux and produce structured reds, Pinot Noir is the signature of Burgundian finesse, Syrah of the depth of the Rhône, while Grenache, Gamay, Cabernet Franc and Mourvèdre cover every register, from easy-drinking wines to wines for long ageing. Among the whites, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin, Riesling and Viognier offer expressions ranging from lively and mineral to unctuous, all the way to great sweet wines. A land of benchmarks and constant discoveries, France remains the compass for wine lovers the world over.