Bouchard Père et Fils

1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Chambertin Clos-de-Bèze

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

Not a domaine owned vineyard, but the same supplier of grapes used for many years. Medium colour again. The nose is deep with some barrel toast evident, but not giving much more away. The palate is very round and tannic, but the tannins are finely grained. Lovely depth of concentrated fruit. Actually a very forward and drinkable wine here. Very lovely.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Beaune du Château Blanc

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An assemblage of 5 different parcels. Pale colour. The nose is very nice, a little citrussy with perhaps the merest whiff of aniseed. Piercing fruit and quite nice acidity. The finish is relatively short, but this is a lovely wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Clous

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20% new oak used here, the vineyard is at the top of Meursault, lots of limestone in the vineyard. Again quite pale. Nose is ‘wider’ and a little deeper than the last wine. Fuller palate with a touch of fig fruit on the much longer finish, nice acidity too. Also a lovely wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Les Genevrières

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40% new oak. Quite pale, the nose being a little more floral. Much more involving palate, more of ‘everything’ with a subtle buttery texture. Persistent finish. Very good.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Meursault Gouttes d'Or

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Slightly more new oak than the Genevrières. Nose is fairly subdued with faint toast. Sweet palate is a little more buttery, perhaps honey too. Not obviously oaky. Nice acidity with reasonable length. A very nice wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne

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From the top of Le Corton. Three passes through the vineyard for this wine, each vinified separately then assembled prior to bottling. Faint toast on the nose plus even fainter appley notes. Really intense palate, very full and fruity. Lovely length too. Really super.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Chevalier-Montrachet

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Bouchard are significantly the largest owners in this vineyard with 2 of the 7.3 hectares. The vineyard which is in Puligny lies just above Montrachet itself but is characterised by much stonier and chalkier soil. The wine had a completely different nose to the Corton-Charlemagne, more refined with an amazing depth of high toned fruits. The density in the mouth was very similar to the C-C but to a completely different effect. Whereas the C-C starts with a bang, the C-M is more sedate but then builds to explosion on the finish. A really fantastic wine.

2000 Bouchard Père et Fils Nuits St.Georges Les Cailles

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

From the Southern part of NSG. Medium colour. Nose is reserved with some faint vanilla tones. Nicely concentrated fruit on the sweet palate. Medium tannins with almost good acidity. A persistent finish. This is good and quite drinkable already.

1999 Bouchard Père et Fils Monthelie

By on February 28, 2003 #asides

This is a relatively new vineyard for BP&F which was purchased in 1996 from the Domaine Ropiteau. Medium red colour. Understated nose is higher toned. Less fat perhaps then the previous wine but pure medium intensity fruit. Tannins are well represented, but don’t get out of hand. I’d leave this for 2 or 3 years, I think it should be almost good.

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