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
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
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
13.5%