La Cabotte
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Butter-poached lobster, pan-seared sea scallops, roasted veal with wild mushrooms
✨ Technical Specifications
Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru 'La Cabotte' is one of Burgundy's most prestigious and historically fascinating white wines. Measuring a mere 0.21 hectares, this tiny parcel sits directly above the legendary Montrachet vineyard. Due to its exceptional terroir and geological alignment, this plot was actually classified as Montrachet Grand Cru in the 1984 decree, though it is bottled under the Chevalier-Montrachet appellation. The name 'La Cabotte' pays homage to the traditional stone shelter (cabotte) that still stands in the vineyard. Bouchard Père & Fils crafts this rare Chardonnay with meticulous care, aging it in French oak to achieve a monumental balance of intense limestone minerality, rich texture, and profound aromatic complexity.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1731 by Michel Bouchard, Bouchard Père & Fils is one of Burgundy’s oldest and most revered wine houses, headquartered at the historic 15th-century Château de Beaune. Over nearly three centuries of meticulous acquisition, the estate assembled an extraordinary mosaic of vineyards spanning roughly 130 hectares across the Côte d'Or, notably including prestigious Grand Cru and Premier Cru parcels. The house is dedicated to parcel-by-parcel vinification and careful oak aging within its subterranean fortress cellars, highlighting the subtle nuances of individual climats. World-renowned for its elegance, structure, and terroir transparency, Bouchard Père & Fils produces celebrated Pinot Noir benchmarks such as the iconic Beaune Grèves Vigne de L'Enfant Jésus alongside legendary Chardonnay masterworks from Corton-Charlemagne and Chevalier-Montrachet.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Chardonnay
🍷 Alcohol By Volume (ABV)
13.5%