Juliénas
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Juliénas wines are an intense and deep ruby-red, with heady aromas of peaches, red fruits and flowers. Produced on mainly clay soils, these lively wines can be drunk while young or will improve further with a few years of bottle age. Juliénas tends to be a favourite benchmark wine with journalists, who frequently sing its praises.
Serve at 13°C, with coq au vin, game birds or poultry in sauce.
Average annual production: 34 000 hl
Average number of bottles: 4,5 million
Area under vine: 600 hectares
Soil type: schist, granite and clay
Last Update : 2008-10-16
