Structure
Drinking window
Best 5 to 30 years from vintage.
vintage5 yrs30 yrs32 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Aroma: walnut, curry, saffron
Palate: walnut, curry, saffron
The cooperative's Chateau-Chalon, hand-picked off south and southwest slopes and given six years under the veil. The Byards note walnut, curry and saffron, and ask for the bottle to be opened at least an hour ahead and served at 15 to 16 degrees.
What it pairs with
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Smoked charcuterie
First on the cooperative's own serving card. -
Coq au vin jaune
Named by the Byards; the appellation's defining dish. -
Comte
Listed by the producer as the cheese match. -
Roast game
The Byards recommend poultry and game for the wine's saffron and curry depth.
Facts
- Producer
- Caveau des Byards · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Savagnin (100%)
- Classification
- Chateau-Chalon AOC
- Oak
- Pneumatic pressing, temperature-controlled fermentation, then six years in oak casks with no topping up under the yeast veil. Bottled in the 62 cl clavelin
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 38.90 at the cooperative online shop
- Drinking window
- 5-30 from vintage