Bouchard Père et Fils: 2008 Update (2006’s)
Just very occasionally you can be stopped in your tracks by a wine, be captivated by it and lost for words. Rather than bury these notes further down this report, I place them here at the top where they deserve to be. Drunk at a dinner in Bouchard Père et… Read More
Bouchard Père et Fils: 2007 Update (2005’s)
Toward the end of February a very nice set of wines were presented in Beaune by Christophe Bouchard of Bouchard Père et Fils. The team are now in, and using, their new winery in Savigny – 200 assorted vats, the space to store 4,500 barrels and further bottle cellaring space. Read More
Bouchard père et fils: 2005 Update (2003s)
How time flies – In January I paid a visit to Bouchard Père et Fils – it was already two years since my last visit. My main purpose was to expand my knowledge of the domaine’s four monopoles but Isabelle Parisot also kindly arranged a tour of some… Read More
Profile: Maison Bouchard Père et Fils (Beaune)
Update: Tasting the 2003s with their maker Philippe Prost Update: Tasting the 2005s with Christophe Bouchard Update: Tasting the 2006s with their maker Philippe Prost Update: Tasting the 2007s with their maker Philippe Prost The company of Bouchard Père… Read More
Le Corton of Bouchard Père – A Vineyard Profile
Le Corton, visited with Fred Weber, Summer 2022… High on the hill of Corton, facing directly to the east and highly visible from the Route Nationale sits the area of Le Corton. This area of vines has long been easy to point out because of the large tree and the… Read More
Baghera & Bouchard’s La Romanée – the results…
Well, actually more the highlights: The sale, as usual for this auction house, was in Geneva but because of covid restrictions in Switzerland there was a live stream available for following the bidding but no bidders or spectators were allowed in the room. The staff of the auction house (Baghera)… Read More
66x 2019 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 25 January 2021. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, the aim being to find producers of great wines that I haven’t previously visited – Chablis has been quite a dynamic place in the… Read More
56x 2018 Petit Chablis
Tasted blind, at the BIVB office in Chablis, 21 January 2020. As always, I find these blind tastings a great source of new names, of new producers whose wines I haven’t already explored. A number who made wines I rated highly in the 2017 vintage were profiled for… Read More
the great grape launderette…
I’m reminded of more than one conversion I had with the former winemaker in Morey St.Denis, David Clark. His 2004s and 2011s were not immune to the pyrazines of those vintages, and in the absence of other theories that convinced, he seemed pretty comfortable with the… Read More