2017 Chambertin, Clos de Bèze, Grand Cru, Bouchard Père & Fils, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
For laying down
Product: 20171021620
2017 Chambertin, Clos de Bèze, Grand Cru, Bouchard Père & Fils, Burgundy

Description

These were the last grapes to be picked and the wine typically takes longer to express itself in both barrel and bottle, as though it moves at a more serene pace. The nose is glossy with spicy oak and a touch of reduction, while the palate is rich, supple and suave with sophisticated tannins. As good as this is at present, there is definitely more to come and it will age beautifully. Drink 2025-2035.


Frédéric Weber explained that the dry conditions in the summer left some parcels suffering from hydric stress, which necessitated a change to the usual picking order. As a result, harvest began on 4th September in the Côte de Beaune for reds, with whites following from 8th and then the Côte de Nuits reds from 12th, finishing with Clos de Bèze on 20th. The season was otherwise very straightforward and Frédéric feels the vintage has given whites with good balance and surprising power, and reds which are rounded with delicate aromas and flavours.

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Alcohol % 13.5
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Full Bodied
Producer Bouchard Père & Fils

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Bouchard Pere et Fils

The Burgundian wine domaine of Bouchard Pére et Fils can trace its origins back to 1731 though it is no longer family owned. In 1995 the Champagne house, Joseph Henriot, acquired the company and quality has risen as a consequence. Today Bouchard is led by Stéphane Follin Arbelet while the wines are made by Philippe Prost who has been with the company since 1978. An impressive gravity-flow winery on the Route de Savigny, the Cuvérie St Vincent, was completed in 2005, enabling them, to process all their wines with optimum efficiency. Bouchard’s total holdings comprise 130 hectares, including 12ha of grand crus and 74ha of premier crus, which makes them the largest vineyard owners in the Côte d’Or (Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune). Bouchard have good holdings in the village of Monthélie, which lies just beyond Volnay and looks down over Meursault. The village is best known for its red wines, a little firmer in structure than Volnay and of particular interest in perfect summers when the grapes can ripen fully.
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