What it pairs with
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Asparagus with hollandaise
Light Saint-Amour is one of the rare reds suited to asparagus. -
Salade lyonnaise
Light-bodied Gamay matches the bistro salad of frisee, lardons and poached egg. -
Grilled trout with almonds
Delicate, floral Saint-Amour suits river fish preparations.
History
Domaine de la Cigaloise is a small family estate in Saint-Amour-Bellevue, the northernmost Beaujolais cru. The name references the cicada (cigale), a symbol of Provencal warmth applied here to northern Beaujolais.
- 1988 — First Saint-Amour bottling under the Cigaloise label
Facts
- Producer
- Domaine de la Cigaloise
- Grapes
- Gamay
- Classification
- Saint-Amour AOC
- Oak
- Old large oak foudres, semi-carbonic maceration
- ABV
- 12.5%
- Price
- EUR 13-20 at retail
- Drinking window
- 2-6 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1988