The vineyards of Bourgogne produce some great wines with a historical and international reputation. However, the region is not simply limited to its iconic appellations. Check out the complete list of the 84 Bourgogne appellations. However, your exploration has only just begun. Bourgogne wines have never before offered such high quality.
Besides our range of internationally celebrated wines, try some of our lesser-known appellations where there are lots of surprises in store. It is a vigorous variety which produces largish bunches of spherical blackberries. On its own unblended it yields a highly colored wine with red-fruit aromas and rich tannins. Appellation Village of the Auxerrois wine-growing region Yonne. On the label, the name of the Climat from which the wine comes may appear immediately beneath the word IRANCY in letters no larger than half the size.
Producing communes: Irancy, Cravant, Vincelottes. This is a red wine made from Pinot Noir grapes. The strong crimson colour of this wine, shading towards dark red, is rich in highlights. The bouquet is bursting with fruit aromas blackcurrant, Morello cherry, raspberry, blackberry with sometimes floral, liquorices or pepper notes.
On the palate, the tannins melt into a firm and velvety structure. Its acidity is sufficient to ensure excellent keeping qualities years. Red : solid yet charming, Irancy cries out for dishes with strong, meaty flavors. Spare ribs and other barbecued meats will find it an enthusiastic partner because it combines virile tannins with real aromatic power. Casseroles, of poultry for example, are another worthy match. Irancy, in the Grand Auxerrois region, stands on the right bank of the Yonne river, some fifteen kilometres South of Auxerre and South-West of Chablis.
It is typical of the wine-growing villages of the district. It boasts a majestic church, as well as the house where G. It was raised to the status of an appellation Village, which it shares with the neighboring villages of Cravant and Vincelottes, in The hillslopes hereabouts form a bowl surrounding the beginnings of a plateau below which runs the river Yonne.
