Les Clous
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Pan-seared scallops, roasted chicken with morel cream sauce, aged Comté cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Meursault appellation in the Côte de Beaune, 'Les Clous' is a highly prized lieu-dit situated at the very top of the clay-limestone hillside. The name historically derives from 'Clos', reflecting its ancient boundaries. Because of its elevated position and stony, marl-rich soils, this vineyard escapes the heavier, broader style of lower-slope Meursaults, yielding a Chardonnay of exceptional tension, purity, and crystalline minerality. Bouchard Père & Fils vinifies this parcel with meticulous care, utilizing partial aging in French oak barrels to gently round out the wine's natural vivacity while preserving its signature flinty, citrus-driven aromatic profile.
🍾 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% - 13.5%