Bouchard Pere et Fils 2022 Vintage Burgundy Offering and Tasting Thursday, October 10th 7:30pm and all the Bouchard Pere et Fils Burgundy in the store on SALE!!
"The First Duty of wine is to be Red...the second is to be a Burgundy"
Harry Waugh
Ok- but we like the white wines of Burgundy also… and on Thursday, October 10th we have our annual Bouchard Pere et Fils wine tasting showcasing the 2022 vintage from one of our favorite producers of chardonnay and pinot noir on earth.
Luc Bouchard has hosted several tastings throughout the years with us and so have other members of this landmark Burgundy house including winemaker for this famous property Frederic Weber and now that this incredible property has been sold to the Artémis Domaines we have our new friend Chris Lozano coming to conduct a tasting of older vintage wines from the cellars along with the newest release from Burgundy.
We also have the biggest offering we have ever put our on the newly released 2022 vintage and a lot of older vintage wines direct from the cellars in Beaune.
Toni will be making a few traditional Burgundian dishes to accompany the wines. This is a sit down pre-poured event and we only have room for 18 tasters. The fee for this event is $250 + tax, for reservations call 954-523-9463 or e-mail andy@winewatch.com.
Bouchard Pere et Fils Burgundy Wine Tasting
Thursday, October 10, 2024
7:30 PM
1989 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru
1993 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru
2002 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru
2009 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru
2012 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets 1er Cru
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos de Beze Grand Cru
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos St Landry Blanc 1er Cru
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Menu
Selection of Cheese and Charcuterie
Foie Gras Torchon with Grape Jelly and Brioche Toast
Beef Tartar Served Over Bone Marrow with Quail Egg
Deconstructed Coq Au vin
Cherry Tart with Brie
A Brief History of Bouchard Pere Et Fils
Founded in 1731, Bouchard Père & Fils now owns the most fabulous collection of famous vineyards, situated in the heart of the Côte d’Or, where the great wines of Burgundy are born. Bouchard Pere et Fils owns 130 hectares in cotes d'or making them the largest landowner of classified vineyards with 12 different Grand Cru and 74 different Premier Cru vines with legendary names : Corton-Charlemagne, Clos Vougeot, Montrachet, Beaune Grèves Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus, Volnay Caillerets, Meursault Perrières, Nuits-Saint-Georges les Cailles, to name only a few. The company trades from the old Château de Beaune, a fortress built in the 15th Century whose bastions with walls as thick as seven meters shield, in the best possible atmosphere, an unequalled collection of exceptional bottles. Many of these are over a hundred years old and originated before phylloxera invaded the French vineyards.
The cellars here were built under the reign of Louis the 11th during the 14th and 15th century. They were built by one of the dukes of burgundy to store arms so they are unique as this was not intended to house wine bottles. Louis the 16th gave this fortress to the town of Beaune and they were bought by the Bouchard Pere et Fils firm in 1820. After the French revolution all property of the church was confiscated and sold at auction and it was at this time that Bouchard bought up a lot of vineyards for a very reasonable price. Today if you were to put a price tag on the vineyards owned here it would be in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The have the largest cellar in burgundy with 50,000 bottles of old vintages going back to 1846 Meursault Charmes. They recork the bottles every 20-40 year, they are sleeping under 10 meters of earth and some of the walls of the cellar are 5-7 meters thick so the conditions are completely perfect and natural. They are consistently 13-15 degrees Celsius and the humidity is 80-90 percent.
You can see the old arms bins that now hold wine bottles here in the first picture. The second picture shows where the three fake walls were placed during the German occupation of this region during WW2. They have four fake walls constructed to conceal some of the oldest bottles from the Germans. The third shot is a wall demonstrating just how thick the construction is.
In 1995, the Bouchard family passed the torch on to a very old Champagne family, the Henriots, who have carried on the strategy established by the Bouchards over nine generations. The Domaine expanded in the Côte de Nuits by acquiring parcels in two Grands Crus: "Bonnes Mares" and "Clos Vougeot". Then in 1996 they acquired further vineyards in Gevrey-Chambertin Premier Cru "Les Cazetiers".
Finally, in 2005, the Maison inaugurated its new "Saint-Vincent" winery and barrel cellar. The technical team took advantage of 275 years of savoir faire and several years of observation world-wide to carry out this work, so as to maximize the quality of its wines. With this new winemaking facility, Bouchard Père & Fils is equipped to meet the challenge of the quest for excellence, without concession, in the production of the Grands Vins de Bourgogne.
Luc Bouchard hosted our group for the tasting at the winery and suggested a local restaurant, La Table de Guigone. This place was very unassuming from the street but the food was divine like the combination of Foie Gras and Sweet breads in a salad format which was spectacular. The leg of lamb was one of the best that I have ever had and the Beaune du Chateau wines that went with our meal were also incredible as this is one of the best value areas in Burgundy for both red and white.
If you want to go there while in Burgundy we recommend making reservations as many restaurants in Burgundy are only open 4-5 nights a week- Bouchard Pere et Fils however is one of the easiest wineries to visit as they are open to the public nearly every day of the week and have cellar tours everyday as well in addition to over a dozen wines available for tasting at no charge!! I may have let the cat out of the bag, if you are in Beaune there is no excuse for not stopping by this famous producer and taste through their wines, they are one of the easiest places to tour and see in Burgundy and the wines are excellent.
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Offering
“The acquisition of this stalwart Burgundy merchant hit the headlines last year when it came under the umbrella of Artémis Domaines, joining fellow Burgundians Domaine d’Eugénie and Clos de Tart, as well as wineries elsewhere, such as Château Latour and Château Grillet. This inevitably led to a reorganization, the négociant activities almost immediately ceasing except for a handful of long-term contracts they will respect, including Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze. Winemaker Frédéric Weber informed me that the vineyards in the Côte de Nuits will transfer over to Domaine d’Eugénie, therefore making winemaker Michel Mallard a busier man. “It’s completely logical,” Weber explains. “It takes two hours to get to Chambertin by tractor. So, it is much better to vinify those wines much closer.” There are also rumors about Artémis selling some of the less propitious vineyards. Still, nothing is confirmed yet (though one winemaker told me he would love to farm them, representing some redistribution of land ownership between an international conglomerate and smaller winemakers priced out of expanding their acreage.)
We then broached the vintage in question. “It was a warm and sunny year, warmer than 2020 and 2003, but the main factor was two spells of rain that arrived at the right moment. Winter had been drier than usual, but there was no frost damage. Spring came sooner and the vine growth was very quick. It was difficult during May and June, flowering early between May 20 and 25 in good conditions. There was no coulure. June started very warm. There was a big storm at the end of the month that saw 100-200mm of rain with some damage in Gevrey in terms of soil erosion. That was enough to avoid hydric stress, which we had in 2020. July was very hot and sunny with twice the sunshine hours. We did no de-leafing and sprayed white clay on the leaves to protect them. We did a green harvest, mainly on Pinot Noir, to create space between bunches. On August 19, a second storm of around 30mm of rain allowed the bunches to reach full maturity with good balance and increased tartaric acid. Harvest began in Volnay on August 26 and finished on September 10, stopping at 2 pm and using a cooling unit to keep the fruit at the right temperature. In three days, the alcohol levels in Volnay increased by 1.5%, so that was all picked on that first day. The Pinot Noir came in at 40hL/ ha, and for Chardonnay, it was 42hL/ha. I started the Chardonnay picking on August 29. Alcohol is around 13.5% with no acidification or chaptalization. The whites were pressed with whole clusters, being careful not to press too hard, fermented at 16° Celsius in stainless steel, then racked into barrel with the lees. I used SO2 for the first time one month after malolactic. Most cuvées will be bottled next spring.” Vinous
2022 White Wines
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos St Landry Blanc 1er Cru
Price: $107.25 Your Price: $94.38
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos St. Landry Blanc 1er Cru Magnum
Price: $229.50 Your Price: $201.96
(89-91 Points) It has a well-defined nose of white peach, orange blossom and a hint of grilled almonds. The palate is well-balanced with a keen thread of acidity, fresh and saline with a bright and quite tensile finish. Enjoy this over the next decade. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Les Clous
Price: $92.25 Your Price: $81.18
(90-92 Points) It has a slight reduction on the nose, making it difficult to read. The fresh palate has plenty of extract, orange pith, mandarin and light stem ginger touches, becoming quite waxy in texture the finish. With good weight and length, this is much better than previous vintage. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Boucheres 1er Cru
Price: $135.00 Your Price: $118.80
(90-92 Points) It has a fresh citrus-driven bouquet with Clementine and touches of quince. The palate is very well-defined with crisp acidity. It’s not amazingly complex per see, yet I appreciate the texture, with hints of almond and wild peaches towards the finish. Very fine. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Meursault 1er Porusot
Price: $135.00 Your Price: $118.80
(91-93 Points) It is more backward on the nose, with touches of yellow flowers and jasmine. The palate is fresh and crisp, elegant in style with yellow plum, apricot and peach skin, refined and focused on the finish. Another very delicious Meursault from Bouchard Pere. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Meursault Les Gouttes d'Or 1er Cru
Price: $144.75 Your Price: $127.38
(92-94 Points) It shows a slight reduction on the nose. The palate is very focused and quite intense, good nervosité here, quite Charmes in style with a weighty, slightly honeyed finish that lingers in the mouth. This should age very well in bottle. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Genevrieres 1er Cru 3 Liter
Price: $805.00 Your Price: $708.40
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Genevrieres 1er Cru Magnum
Price: $366.00 Your Price: $322.08
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Genevrieres 1er Cru
Price: $167.25 Your Price: $147.18
(92-94 Points) It is slightly more closed on the nose than the Les Gouttes d’Or, revealing white peach and almond scents with time and a touch of grilled hazelnuts. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, taut and fresh, the saline finish lending tension. It needs time in bottle, but all the components are there. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Perrieres 1er Cru
Price: $183.75 Your Price: $161.70
(92-94 Points) It has a crisp, minerally bouquet with a clever reduction, just lending a bit of tension and bite. The well-balanced palate has good intensity, very linear and tensile, crushed stone infusing the slightly peachy fruit with a long tail on the finish. Excellent. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Meursault Les Charmes 1er Cru
Price: $162.00 Your Price: $142.56
(90-92 Points) It is the least engaging at the moment amongst Bouchard’s Meursaults, missing a bit of pizzazz. The palate is better with good weight and ample richness, though I must be prudent with my score because there feels like a shortfall in mineralité. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 3 Liter
Price: $1529.00 Your Price: $1345.52
2022 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $697.00 Your Price: $613.36
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $319.00 Your Price: $280.72
(91-93 Points) It has a taut and precise nose – quit a “cool” bouquet with apple blossom and hints of peach skin. The well-balanced palate offers mango and pineapple notes, betraying the warmth of the summer, compensated by a silver bead of acidity and a slightly peach, seductive finish. It will drink well for 15-20 years. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chevalier Montrachet Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $1500.00 Your Price: $1320.00
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $681.75 Your Price: $599.94
(95-97 Points) It is often one of Bouchard Père’s strongest cards. It delivers a beautifully defined bouquet with crushed limestone and yellow fruit shimmering with tension. The palate is medium bodied with a fine bead of acidity, taut and fresh with a linear, sapid finish. Sophisticated and long-term. Vinous
2022 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS CHEVALIER MONTRACHET La Cabotte GRAND CRU
Price: $1085.00 Your Price: $954.80
(93-95 Points) It has a vivid nose, tensile with crushed rock and yellow fruit, perhaps a little more austere than the regular Chevalier. The palate is well-balanced and shows more concentration, but maybe at the cost of mineralité on the sun-kissed finish. Still, this is a very fine Chevalier. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $3115.00 Your Price: $2741.20
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $1415.50 Your Price: $1245.64
(93-95 Points) It has a fresh, Granny Smith apple and sea spray-scented bouquet that gradually unfurls. The palate is well-balanced and vibrant, with superb weight, a taut line of acidity, and touches of orange pith and wild peach towards the finish. Excellent… but maybe I prefer the 2021?
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 1er Cru 3 Liter
Price: $605.00 Your Price: $532.40
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 1er Cru Magnum
Price: $276.00 Your Price: $242.88
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 1er Cru
Price: $125.00 Your Price: $110.00
(90-92 Points) It has a nicely detailed bouquet with black cherries, raspberry coulis, wild mint and a touch of dark chocolate emerging with time. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins and modest weight, very nicely balanced with a smooth, coca-tinged finish. It will need 4-5 years to absorbed the 30% new oak. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Savigny les Beaune
Price: $48.00 Your Price: $42.24
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Savigny Les Beaune Les Lavieres Magnum
Price: $146.25 Your Price: $128.70
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Savigny Les Beaune Les Lavieres
Price: $66.50 Your Price: $58.52
(88-90 Points) It has a perfumed bouquet with lavender-tinged black fruit, the oak nicely integrated. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins, well-balanced with slight confit-like fruit towards the finish. Drink over the next decade. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Clos De La Mousse 1er Cru
Price: $95.75 Your Price: $84.26
(90-92 Points) It comes from more clayey soils that obviate hydric stress. Very floral on the nose, I appreciate the purity of fruit: lovely red cherries and crushed strawberries, more Pinoté than Les Teurons. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, quite sweet and a little confit-like but with fine structure towards the finish. It just needs a couple of years to absorb the new oak. Very fine. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere and Fils Beaune Teurons 1er Cru
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $66.00
(89-91 Points) The first to be picked within the appellation, offers red fruit and a touch geranium on the nose, discrete at first then opening nicely in the glass. The medium-bodied palate has fine tannins and black cherries mixed with light tarry, graphite notes, finishing with a hint of dryness. Fine. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Grèves L'Enfant Jésus 1er Cru 3 Liter
Price: $995.00 Your Price: $875.60
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Greves Vignes de L'Enfant Jesus Beaune 1er Cru Magnum
Price: $455.00 Your Price: $400.40
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Grèves L'Enfant Jésus 1er Cru
Price: $206.25 Your Price: $181.50
(93-95 Points) It has a clean and fresh nose of maraschino cherries, candied orange peel and crushed stone. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and gentle grip, slightly powdery in texture. The attractive, mocha-tinged finish lingers in the mouth. This will drink very well after 5-7 years. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Vosne Romanee
Price: $95.25 Your Price: $83.82
(93-95 Points) It comes from the upper part of the vineyard. It has an attractive bouquet with blueberry and black plum mixed with violet that soars from the glass. Fine Delineation. The palate is well balanced with a fine structure, the tannins chiseled, and the fruit very pure and caressing towards the finish. This fans out gloriously and is recommended. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $450.00 Your Price: $396.00
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru
Price: $180.00 Your Price: $158.40
(92-94 Points) It comes from vines at higher altitude. It has a well-defined and precise bouquet, the altitude imparting more freshness than some of the other red cuvées this year. The medium-bodied palate has supple tannings and a mixture of red and black fruit, white pepper and clove, leading to a refined and persistent finish. Excellent. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Echezeaux En Orveaux Grand Cru
Price: $450.00 Your Price: $396.00
(93-95 Points) It has a discrete bouquet that demands more coaxing than the Clos Vougeot. There is fine delineation here with attractive, pure red cherries and wild strawberry fruit. The palate is framed by filigree tannins, bright and sapid. Died orange peel and black pepper suffuse the red fruit, the vibrant finish is quite persistent. This is a classy Echezeaux. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere et Fils Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Price: $717.00 Your Price: $630.96
(91-93 Points) It comes from Chambolle side, though my sample only came from the red clay soils. The very opulent bouquet offers lashings of blueberry and cassis fruit laced with violets. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins framing quite concentrated black fruit. It is harmonious in texture with fine acidity; it just needs more complexity and nuance on the finish. Vinous
2022 Bouchard Pere & Fils Chambertin Grand Cru
Price: $717.00 Your Price: $630.96
(92-94 Points) It displays more red fruit on the nose than the Clos de Bèze, hence more Pinot Noir expression. It has a lovely definition with seamlessly integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine yet sturdy tannins that exert some grip. Layers of quite ripe blackberry and wild strawberry fruit, a “solid” Chambertin that needs a little more nerve and tension on the finish. Vinous
2022 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS CHAMBERTIN CLOS DE BEZE GRAND CRU
Price: $595.00 Your Price: $523.60
(93-95 Points) It comes from purchased grapes, though Bouchard directs the harvest. It feels slightly closed on the nose despite coaxing, revealing brambly red fruit, blueberry and a light marine influence with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins. This is well-balanced with ample freshness. It is structured but retains sufficient elegance and refinement on the finish. Excellent – but be patient. This fans out gloriously and is recommended. Vinous
Older Vintage White Burgundy available at Wine Watch on SALE!!
1995 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $750.00 Your Price: $660.00 Qantity in Stock: 1
2016 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $245.00 Your Price: $215.60 Quantity in Stock: 24
(91-93 points "The 2016 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru comes from vines located just above Corton with east-facing orientation. It has an attractive, almost Meursault-like bouquet with traces of walnut and hazelnut. The palate is fresh and quite effervescent on the entry, with a fine line of acidity if not quite the persistence of the finest Corton-Charlemagne that I have tasted. Nonetheless, there is plenty of energy locked in here and it should age well. Bouchard Père & Fils is a Burgundy stalwart that has been part of the furniture since 1731. It is easy to presume that such merchants as Jadot, Bouchard and the like have been overtaken by new producers not hidebound by history. On the contrary, these historical merchants have really upped the quality of their wine in recent years. They had to, in order to survive. (NM)" (12/2017) Wine Advocate
2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Clos St Landry Blanc 1er Cru
Price: $81.00 Your Price: $71.28
(91 Points) The 2018 Beaune 1er Cru Clos Saint-Landry Blanc offers up aromas of mirabelle plums, apricot and white flowers, followed by a medium to full-bodied, fleshy and textural palate that's ripe and enveloping but which remains nicely defined. Again, this will drink well young. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2018 Bouchard Pere and Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $270.00 Your Price: $237.60 Quantity in Stock: 2
(95 points) There is a creaminess to the texture in this white, whose profile borders on broad and muscular. Apple, lemon and stone flavors hold center court, while elements of spice and mineral lurk on the lingering finish. (BS) (3/2021) Wine Spectator
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $2325.00 Your Price: $2046.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru 3 LITER
Price: $5950.00 Your Price: $5236.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
(98 Points)Racked from barrel to foudre. Clean pure light colour. Great tension on the nose, clearly very class, no detail to speak of, and nor should there be. A massive bench of white fruit, suggests the nose. This completely masters the palate but brilliantly cleanly defined, nothing heavy. Sublime length and now the little nuances do start to appear. - Jasper Morris
2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Clos St Landry Blanc 1er Cru
Price: $81.00 Your Price: $71.28
(91 Points) The 2019 Beaune 1er Cru Clos Saint-Landry Blanc is showing very nicely, mingling notes of orchard fruit, pastry cream and white flowers with hints of toast and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, rich and textural, its ample core of fruit is underpinned by lively acids. I suspect that this will tighten up with another winter on the lees. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2019 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Du Chateau Blanc 1er Cru
Price: $54.25 Your Price: $47.74 Quantity in Stock: 3
(90 Points) Also exclusively produced at Bouchard since 1907, the white is a blend of four parcels, each vinified separately before blending. Just under 10ha, limestone, clay and marl soils, 9-10 months in wood (up to 15% new) with 3-4 months in stainless steel before bottling. Quite closed on the nose, hints of tilleul. Citrus acidity and zest on the palate, mineral note on the finish. Supple oak, ripe and concentrated. Relatively early-drinking. Decanter
2019 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS CHEVALIER MONTRACHET La Cabotte GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $2100.00 Your Price: $1785.00 Quantity in Stock: 6
Winemaker Note: The 2019 Chevalier-Montrachet La Cabotte Grand Cru is more backward and tight on the nose than the regular Chevalier, though with aeration subtle Golden Delicious apple, white Chinese tea and citrus aromas emerge. The palate is medium-bodied with a saline entry. This has a little more nervosité than the regular cuvée and displays excellent delineation on the flinty finish. Great potential.
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos St Landry Blanc 1er Cru
Price: $97.50 Your Price: $85.80
(94 points) At mid-slope underneath the Montagne Saint-Désiré near the southern extremity of the appellation, Bouchard has almost two hectares on this relatively flat site with marly soil that ripens fruit well. There is a nice balance between the apricot and citrus tendencies on the nose, which is less marked by the wood, yet still reveals spice, hazelnut, and brioche notes. The texture is dense without being in any way heavy. (CC) (11/2021) Decanter
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $607.50 Your Price: $534.60
2020 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $300.00 Your Price: $264.00
(95 points) At the very top of the hill planted on white marl, this four-hectare parcel is typically the last one to be picked - there is the elevation but also a wind that is always blowing here. The nose has a pronounced lemon peel and green apple fruit with a delightful, saline minerality. There is not a lot of oak spice or malo notes - only 20% new wood is used for the fermentation. On the palate, there is a laser focus and impressive finesse. With time it opens to show a lovely depth and complexity. Really top. (CC) (5/2021) Decanter
2020 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS CHEVALIER MONTRACHET La Cabotte GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $2500.00 Your Price: $2200.00
(93-95 points) The 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru opens in the glass with notes of citrus oil, musky peach, tangerine, nutmeg and buttered popcorn. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, it's chiseled and penetrating, with a tightly wound core of fruit and a racy spine of acidity. As readers will remember, this bottling hails from the three terraces on the hillside above Bouchard's La Cabotte, their bottling from the latter—which abuts Montrachet itself—being more muscular and powerful, whereas this cuvée is finer-boned and more ethereal. Technical director Frédéric Weber and his team have realized another fine vintage chez Bouchard Père & Fils, beginning harvest on 19 August and sorting to remove dehydrated berries. The vineyards fared well despite a significant hydric deficit, testimony to viticulture that's among the best of the big houses; indeed, organic conversion is underway, and canopies are now hedged to 1.30 meters, around 30 centimeters higher than the classic low rognage that still predominates along the Côte—forward-thinking innovations that will no doubt find imitators in short order among other big players. In any case, the resulting wines have turned out beautifully, with alcohols in the region of 13% to 13.5% and lower pHs than in 2019. Vibrant, intensely colored and beautifully balanced, there are plenty of cuvées here that I'd be delighted to own. White wines chez Bouchard, readers should note, are bottled under DIAM closures. (WK) (1/2022) Wine Advocate
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Montrachet Grand Cru
Price: $1650.00 Your Price: $1452.00
(98 points) This wine has everything. Bouchard farms 0.89ha of well-positioned vines in Montrachet – south of Ramonet on the Puligny side (and north of the first DRC block in Chassagne). The grapes are pressed slowly as whole clusters before fermentation in cask (only 15% new) to accent the purity of fruit. The exquisite aromas range from citrus and green apple, to riper apple, apricot and peach, with hints of chamomile, cream and bitter underpinned with a firm minerality. This vintage truly has an impressive depth of flavour and persistence on the palate. (CC) (11/2021) Decanter
2021 Bouchard Pere et Fils Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay Reserve
Price: $27.00 Your Price: $23.76 Quantity in Stock: 2
2021 Bouchard Pere et Fils Pouilly Fuisse
Price: $34.50 Your Price: $30.36
Delicate bouquet with fruit and floral notes. A very perfumed, silky and elegant wine. To be drunk preferably in its youth for its freshness.
2021 Bouchard Pere et Fils Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru
Price: $300.00 Your Price: $264.00
(95 Points) Lemony and bright, this wine exemplifies the virtues of whites of the 2021 vintage. The initial impression is citrus peel, but there is a nectarine sweetness, some richer apricot notes, a salty mineral overlay, and some lovely floral notes. The wine has plenty of structure and length, but the freshness is well-balanced with the impressive level of extract. This wine will be better after a few years in the bottle and should age for decades. Bouchard’s four-hectare plot in thin white marl soils at the top of the hill consistently delivers grapes of concentration and bracing tension. Decanter
Older Vintage Red Burgundy from Bouchard Pere on SALE!
2013 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Taillepieds 1er Cru
Price: $95.00 Your Price: $83.60 Quantity in Stock: 4
Tasting Notes: In the mouth this is wide, a hint of mineral, complex, cool, and has a fine mouth-watering finish. Only in the finish do you notice a little dryness of tannin – the flavors slowly leaching from the gums.
2016 Bouchard Pere et Fils Pommard 1er Cru
Price: $90.00 Your Price: $79.20 Quantity in Stock: 1
On the nose, fruit aromas coupled with wilder animal notes expressed on an oaky touch. This is a robust, solid wine with a present tannic structure. very good ageing potential.
2017 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune 1er Cru "Les Avaux"
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $66.00
(90 points) Firm and elegant, this red is smoky and evokes fading cherry, strawberry, mint, earth and spice flavors. The balance tips toward light tannins on the finish, yet this is approachable now. (BS) (3/2023) Wine Spectator
2017 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Clos De La Mousse 1er Cru
Price: $76.50 Your Price: $67.32 Quantity in Stock: 5
(93 Points) The deep clay soils inside this four-walled clos mean that this 3.36ha terroir never suffers in hot years like 2017, retaining sufficient moisture for the vines. This stylish, aromatic, violet-scented Pinot is wonderfully fresh and charming, with subtle whole-bunch characters and deftly applied 20% new wood. Decanter
2017 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos du Roi 1er Cru
Price: $76.50 Your Price: $67.32
Since the 1700s, the historic Bouchard winery has been assembling one of the greatest collections of properties in Burgundy. Their 2020 Clos du Roi Beaune Premier Cru is a stunning bottle from a Premier Cru site noted for its well-draining rocky slopes and the perfectly ripe, full-bodied wines it puts forth.
Enchanting and elegant, with a lively ruby core in the glass. The aromas are led by a bounty of wild blackberries accented by roses, vanilla, clove, and Earl Grey tea. The palate is equally exciting, with a rich fruit core with spice and layers of energetic acidity and a long-lasting finish.
2017 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Nuits St. George Les Cailles premier Cru
Price: $150.00 Your Price: $132.00 Quantity in Stock: 3
Situated in the south of the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges, the "Climat" of Les Cailles is different from its neighbours, producing an elegant, feminine wine. As early as 1892, Danguy and Aubertin classified it as a "tête de cuvée" in their book "Les Grands Vins de Bourgogne". Bouchard Père & Fils owns 1.08 hectares of this exceptional "terroir" where the ground is oolithic chalk (chalk composed of ooliths i.e. little balls of the size of fish eggs formed by the concretion of chalk on hard stones)
2017 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS GEVREY CHAMBERTIN
Price: $78.75 Your Price: $69.30
Intense, perfumed bouquet with fruit aromas and an animal touch. Nice structure and lovely fleshiness. Good ageing potential. Pair with grilled and roasted red meat, full-flavored cheeses.
2017 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos De Beze Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $825.00 Your Price: $726.00
2017 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos De Beze Grand Cru
Price: $412.50 Your Price: $363.00
(96 Points) Macerated cherry, wild strawberry and mineral aromas and flavors highlight this taut, racy red. As this builds to a long conclusion, the intensity, fat and silky texture emerge, only to be challenged by solid grip on the very long, spice-tinged finish. Best from 2023 through 2045. Wine Spectator, November 2019
2017 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS LE CORTON GRAND CRU MAGNUM
Price: $425.00 Your Price: $374.00 Quantity in Stock: 5
(94 Points) Rich, featuring juicy cherry, plum and smoky oak aromas and flavors. The vibrant structure keeps this fresh and drives the long aftertaste, where a graphite element emerges. Shows excellent balance and complexity. Best from 2022 through 2040. Wine Spectator
2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Monthelie
Price: $45.00 Your Price: $39.60 Quantity in Stock: 16
(91 Points)Plenty of strawberry and plum aromas with hints of dried earth, following through to a full body with round, creamy-textured tannins and a flavorful finish. Delicious to drink now or hold. -James Suckling
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Savigny Les Beaune
Price: $51.75 Your Price: $45.54
Bouquet with fragrant notes of berries. Supple, slender, it expresses itself with elegance. Pairs well with grilled or roasted red meats.
2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune Clos De La Mousse 1er Cru
Price: $76.50 Your Price: $67.32
(94 Points) This is elegant, succulent and packed with cherry and black currant fruit, wrapped in spice and toasty oak accents. It hints at floral and mineral elements too, as the long aftertaste winds down on the finish. It's solidly built and complex. Best from 2023 through 2036. Wine Spectator
2018 Bouchard Pere et Fils Nuits St Georges
Price: $78.75 Your Price: $66.94
Intense aromas of berry fruit and spices on the nose. Rich, tannic and well-structured, this wine develops additional roundness after a few years in bottle.
2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Nuits St Georges Les CAILLES 1er Cru
Price: $156.00 Your Price: $132.60
Intense notes of black fruit blended with oaky touches and delicately spiced. Full and fleshy on the palate, the structure of this wine is based on elegant tannins.
2019 Bouchard Pere Et Fils Volnay Caillerets premier Cru
Price: $125.00 Your Price: $110.00 Quantity in Stock: 1
According to tradition, "who has no vines in Caillerets, does not know what Volnay is worth". Qualified as "Tête de cuvée" in the 1855 rating by Dr. Lavalle, this appellation is the very example of finesse, elegance and gracefulness. The 3.76 hectares of this exceptional Premier Cru have a particular meaning for Bouchard.
2019 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Marconnets 1er Cru
Price: $82.50 Your Price: $72.60
(92-94 points) The 2019 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles is very promising, mingling aromas of sweet berries and plums with hints of raw cocoa and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's bright and fleshy, with an elegant, charming profile that belies its depth and concentration. (WK) (1/2021) Wine Advocate
2019 Bouchard Pere & Fils Nuits St Georges
Price: $75.00 Your Price: $66.00
Intense aromas of berry fruit and spices on the nose. Rich, tannic and well-structured, this wine develops additional roundness after a few years in bottle.
2019 Bouchard Pere et Fils Le Corton Grand Cru Magnum
Price: $377.00 Your Price: $331.76 Quantity in Stock: 5
The first traces of vineyards at Aloxe corton date back to the 2nd century BC. Lushious red berry, cranberry, cherry fruit with an array of fresh earth, truffle and more. A very well endowed wine on the tongue with smooth silky tannins and an array of spice and gravelly mineral notes with a zesty finish, laced with tongue tingly acidity and some tannins here at the end along. This wine could use a decade in your cellar, a very long and layered finish. Finish 50+ Most Excellent
2020 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS RESERVE BOURGOGNE PINOT NOIR
Price: $24.75 Your Price: $21.78 Quantity in Stock: 6
2020 Bouchard Pere & Fils Les Duresses, Monthelie Premier Cru, France
Price: $69.00 Your Price: $60.72
Very earthy and sauvage-inflected aromas of dark cherry and soft wood lead to round and fleshy but punchy middle weight flavors possess very good richness while culminating in a dusty, even chalky finish that exhibits a touch of youthful austerity.
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Volnay Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 1er Cru
Price: $131.25 Your Price: $115.50
This is the first vineyard bought by the house in 1775 and the Carnot family from whom it was purchased is still mentioned on the label. This vineyard site is considered among the best in Volnay and was rated a Tete De Cuvee in 1855 by Dr. Lavalle. A light smoky and leather character on the nose with red cherry fruit with oriental spices and rose petal floral notes very pretty and nuanced bouquet. Good stuffing on the palate with thick red cherry fruit and also has some firm tannins and a mouth puckering acidity very big but still has elegance and finesse but this wine needs time , some of that exotic spice from the nose showing through on the finish. Finish 50 Most Excellent
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Savigny Les Beaune
Price: $51.75 Your Price: $45.54
This village is situated 5km north of the town of Beaune. Pretty nose a bit perfumed with raspberry and wild strawberry fruit on the nose, has a but of an earthy quality coming out with air. Very silky and sexy wine on the tongue, very nuanced with a pretty floral quality and a nice hand of spice and light earthy notes through the finish. Excellent
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Marconnets 1er Cru
Price: $88.50 Your Price: $77.88
(92 Points) A fine success for this cooler site (which tends to deliver age-worthy wines), the 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Les Marconnets exhibits aromas of wild berries, loamy soil, orange rind and spices. Medium to full-bodied, lively and precise, it's tauter and more vibrant than Bouchard's fleshier, richer Beaune premiers crus from southeasterly exposed sites. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2020 Bouchard Pere and Fils Beaune Teurons 1er Cru
Price: $91.50 Your Price: $80.52
(93 Points) The 2020 Beaune 1er Cru Les Teurons bursts with aromas of cherries, wild berries, cassis and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, rich and ample, it's a fleshy, enveloping, textural wine that's generous and elegant. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Nuits St Georges
Price: $80.25 Your Price: $70.62
Intense aromas of berry fruit and spices on the nose. Rich, tannic and well structured, this wine develops additional roundness after a few years in bottle. Good ageing potential.
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Nuits St Georges Les Cailles 1er Cru
Price: $175.50 Your Price: $149.18
(93 Points) The 2020 Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru Les Cailles wafts from the glass with aromas of ripe berries, raw cocoa, licorice, rose petals and loamy soil. Medium to full-bodied, velvety and seamless, this Pinot Noir has a deep core of fruit, lively acids, powdery tannins and a long, saline finish. Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Domaine Clos Vougeot Grand Cru
Price: $430.50 Your Price: $378.84
(95 points) Bouchard owns two parcels - one is very well placed, high on the slope next to the wall that separates it from Echézeaux. The other, less favoured, was not used in the domaine bottling. After a slow fermentation with a substantial percentage of whole clusters, the wine is aged in 50% new casks to produce this very aromatic wine, with ripe black cherry and bramble fruit with a suggestion of rose petals. The texture is structured and dense, yet mouth-fillingly rich as well. Drinking Window 2025 - 2050. (CC) (10/2021) Decanter
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Bonnes Mares Grand Cru
Price: $750.00 Your Price: $660.00
(94-96 Points) The 2020 Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru is superb, the latest in a series of remarkable iterations of this cuvée. Wafting from the glass with aromas of sweet red berries, rose hips, peonies, orange rind and warm spices, it's full-bodied, ample and layered, with terrific concentration, velvety tannins and lively acids. Deep and complete, it will be long-live. William Kelley - Wine Advocate
2020 Bouchard Pere et Fils Chambertin Clos De Beze Grand Cru
Price: $562.50 Your Price: $495.00
(94-96 points) Opening in the glass with a rich bouquet of wild berries, cassis, orange rind, rich spices, loamy soil, black truffles and toasty new oak, the 2020 Chambertin Clos de Bèze Grand Cru is full-bodied, ample and seamless, with a rich, enveloping core of fruit, ripe tannins and lively acids. Concluding with a long, resonant finish, it's a terrific wine in the making. (WK) (1/2022) Wine Advocate
2021 Bouchard Pere et Fils Beaune Clos de La Mousse 1er Cru
Price: $94.50 Your Price: $83.16
This vineyard was bequethed to the church of notre dame de Beaune by cannon edme de saudon. Lots of red fruit aromas cherry and wild strawberry fruit on the nose with smoky notes, nice complexity. This wine has lovely richness on the tongue with a smooth silky texture, sexy, spicy and has excellent concentration and depth of spice earth and fine tannins through the finish, some of those smoky notes coming out along with some tannins, but fine and elegant this wine needs 5-7 years in the cellar. Finish 50 + Excellent +
2021 BOUCHARD PERE ET FILS GEVREY CHAMBERTIN
Price: $81.00 Your Price: $71.28
Intense, perfumed bouquet with fruit aromas and an animal touch. Nice structure and lovely fleshiness. Good ageing potential.
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