bouchard père & fils 2009 beaune du château
Earlier this year, I was so happy to see that BP&F’s 2010s had been shorn of their coats of toasty oak – instead I could taste and smell the wines. It seems from this wine, it may have been an abrupt change – this 2009 is everything that… Read More
2010s from Domaines Bellene, Bouchard Père and Jadot
In one page, a range of brilliant wines from the masters of their art in Beaune. As brilliant as the wines of Bellene and Jadot were, I’m even more thrilled to see the disappearance of the toasty oak from the BP&F reds – they are not better than the other… Read More
bouchard père & fils 2008 beaune 1er du château
2008 Bouchard Père, Beaune 1er Beaune du Château Gradually there are some higher, floral tones and eventually a few flashes of tobacco too, but mainly this has a deeper register of dark fruit buttressed by equally dark oak. Read More
Profile: Maison Chanson Père et Fils
Maison Chanson Père et Fils is one of the oldest ‘houses’ of Beaune and also one of the larger owners of Beaune premier cru vineyards; no less than 25.3 hectares from only 9 crus – they are large parcels! Today’s house of Chanson was established as Maison Verry by Simon… Read More
2002 bouchard père beaune 1er grèves de l’enfant jesus
The first from this 6-pack, bought on release. 2002 Bouchard Père et Fils, Beaune 1er Grèves l’Enfant Jesus Medium, medium-plus colour. The nose is very fine; there’s latent oak that brings a little espresso macchiato into the equation… Read More
2006 bouchard père monthélie 1er clos les champs fulliot
Not that cheap, but a very good wine: 2006 Bouchard Père et Fils, Monthélie 1er Clos les Champs Fulliot This is a ‘domaine’ wine. Medium-plus cherry-red colour. There’s width and interest on this perfumed,… Read More
2000 bouchard père chablis 1er montmains (p.ox)
2000 Bouchard Père et Fils, Chablis 1er Montmains 2000 Bouchard Père et Fils, Chablis 1er Montmains Just a little darker than last week’s 02 Perrières, but frankly nothing more than a medium gold – no alarm bells. The nose is deep, a little exotic and not… Read More
1994 bouchard père volnay 1er cuvée carnot
Bouchard Père et Fils, Volnay 1er Caillerets Cuvée Carnot A few bottles bought at auction for a relative song – of-course it was only a song if they are drinkable… 1994 Bouchard Père, Volnay 1er Caillerets Cuvée Carnot Surprisingly deep colour, amber at the rim. Read More
not for label drinkers – bouchard’s 2005 mercurey
Definitely not for label drinkers… When this arrived I wondered if the beige label design was for a particular market or distribution channel, but it seems that all the Bouchard bottles are now wearing such livery. I know that the old/outgoing labels were far from the height of design… Read More