Beaune Premier Cru, Les Cents Vignes
⏳ Drinking Window
Typically best enjoyed 5–15 years from the vintage release, though exceptional vintages can cellar well beyond this.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
roasted duck, coq au vin, wild mushroom risotto
✨ Technical Specifications
Bouchard Père & Fils holds an unparalleled heritage in the Côte de Beaune, particularly within the Beaune Premier Cru appellation where they are the largest landowner. Their Premier Cru red wines, crafted from historic climats such as Clos de la Mousse and Les Teurons, represent the epitome of classic elegant Pinot Noir. These vineyards feature complex clay-limestone soils that impart both structure and minerality. In the cellar, the grapes undergo meticulous sorting, partial or total destemming, and fermentation in open-top fermenters before aging for 12 to 18 months in French oak barrels within the ancient, cool subterranean cellars of the Château de Beaune. This traditional process yields wines celebrated for their bright red fruit aromas, refined tannins, and a subtle earthy complexity that deepens with age.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in Beaune in 1731 by Michel Bouchard, Bouchard Père & Fils stands as one of Burgundy's most venerable houses, headquartered within the historic fortress ramparts of the 15th-century Château de Beaune. Across centuries of dedicated plot acquisition, the estate developed an unparalleled patchwork of terroirs spanning classic limestone-clay slopes throughout the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits. Now under the stewardship of Artémis Domaines, the house has phased out third-party négociant volumes to focus purely on estate-grown holdings, completing full organic viticultural certification across its vines. Modern vinification takes place in the gravity-flow Cuverie Saint-Vincent in Savigny-lès-Beaune, where precise temperature management, gentle extraction, and judicious French oak aging highlight transparent site expression. Celebrated benchmarks include the historic Beaune Premier Cru Grèves Vigne de l'Enfant Jésus, the monopole Beaune Premier Cru Clos de la Mousse, Beaune du Château, and crystalline expressions of Chevalier-Montrachet and Meursault.
🍇 Grapes
Pinot Noir
🍷 ABV
13% - 13.5%