René Bouvier - Charmes-Chambertin Grand Cru 2017
Burgundy
Red
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To keep
17/20
RVF
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17/20
Bettane & Desseauve
"With its rich oak and clove notes, it's quite complex, with a fine licorice chewiness. Let's wait five years for it to shed its ageing". (Le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2020 - RVF) Superb!
Features
Estate
Domaine René Bouvier
Cuvée
Grand Cru
Vintage
2017
Designation
Charmes-Chambertin
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Pinot Noir
Terroirs
Limestone subsoil: Entroques limestone, Comblanchien limestone, pebbles mixed with clay, eastern exposure.
Viticulture
Organic approach, in the process of certification
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Traditional, average duration 20 days
Breeding
18 months in barrel, with 50% new barrels
Tasting & pairing
Eye
A very colourful red, with beautiful bluish or violet hues in its youth.
Nose
Beautiful intensity of red berries, redcurrant tinged with notes of clove and white pepper.
Mouth
Consistent, complex and fleshy. Young, chewy tannins. Powerful mineral tension provided by terroir. Impressively intense aromatic persistence, with a licorice finish. A wine to wait for.
Serve
Decant at 17°C
Open
1 hour before
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2030
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with seven-hour lamb, tournedos Rossini, roast pork with meat sauce and vegetable wok, duck confit with pommes sarladaises, époisse cheese...
Domaine René Bouvier
Charmes-Chambertin
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2020 guide) 17/20 (Reference wine)
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 4*Stars (Very high quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)
About the wine:
Notes of white pepper and redcurrant, very Mazoyères, the climate from which it comes. The chalky note is present, we're on a parcel close to the latricières from which it borrows its mineral power.
About the domain :
Bernard Bouvier is one of Marsannay's finest winemakers, showcasing the commune's rich heritage. A firm believer in infusion, which breaks with the heavy extractions Burgundy has known in the past, he likes full-bodied wines, good young and good old, harvesting when ripe and intervening as little as possible. He likes the emotional and tactile aspects that guide him in his choices. We'd like to point out the friendly welcome he receives at the domaine, his organic approach, a range of gevreys, marsannays and fixins at affordable prices and with great homogeneity. An address that does not disappoint, the wines are as close as possible to their terroir of origin, with the tactful vinification that characterizes the domaine's production.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Wine rated (2020 guide) 17/20 (Grand vin)
Domaine rated (2020 guide) 1*Star (Stars in the making or quality winegrowers with a good level of production, you won't be disappointed when you taste the wines from these estates)
About the wine:
With its rich oak and clove notes, it's quite complex, with a fine licorice chewiness. Let's wait five years for it to shed its maturation.
About the domain :
This three-generation family estate boasts a rare heritage of old vines, with an average age of around 50 years. Bernard Bouvier, 52, signed his first vintage in 1986 and is one of a generation of winemakers who have brought new blood to Burgundy. After having, like many others, given in to the siren calls of modern, highly extracted wines, he has corrected course to produce finer cuvées. 2009 marks the transition to organic viticulture, and 2010 the start of the use of whole grapes, averaging 50% for all wines. More moderate use of new oak and more precise choices of ripeness have recently produced much more accomplished wines, rewarded last year with a first star. Organic certification was lost in 2016, but is again in the process of being approved.
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