Cote Bouqueyreaux
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2027
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled lobster, seared sea scallops, roasted veal chops with wild mushrooms
✨ Technical Specifications
The 'Côte de Bouqueyreaux' is a highly prized, extraordinarily steep sub-parcel within the Bougros Grand Cru climat in Chablis. Boasting an incline of nearly 50 percent and situated directly overlooking the Serein river, this vineyard enjoys optimal southwest exposure and a unique microclimate that mitigates frost. The soil here is a dense composition of Kimmeridgian limestone marl, packed with prehistoric oyster shells (Exogyra virgula), which imparts a profound, saline minerality to the wine. Patrick Piuze sources fruit from ancient vines in this parcel, harvesting entirely by hand due to the sheer steepness of the slope. In the cellar, the juice undergoes spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts and is aged in neutral wood casks. This traditional, non-interventionist approach yields a Grand Cru Chablis of remarkable power, combining rich, textured stone fruit notes with a driving, laser-like mineral acidity and a long, sea-breeze finish.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded on July 1, 2008, by Quebecois vigneron Patrick Piuze, this boutique Chablis négociant-vinificateur has emerged as one of the region's most uncompromising champions of terroir. Following pivotal stints at Olivier Leflaive, Maison Verget under Jean-Marie Guffens, and Jean-Marc Brocard, Piuze established an innovative model grounded in long-term contracts with premier growers. Operating without owning vineyards, he works exclusively with old vines situated within the historical, unexpanded boundaries of Chablis. Sourcing from Kimmeridgian and Portlandian limestone slopes on both banks of the Serein River, Piuze mandates hand-harvesting, non-interventionist viticulture without chemical inputs, and early picking to preserve tension and saline freshness. Vinification is rigorously artisanal: vertical basket pressing, native yeast fermentation, and aging in neutral French oak barrels (four to eight years old) for cru bottlings or stainless steel for village wines, always bottled unfined and gently filtered. Signature releases include single-terroir village cuvées such as Les Bas de Chapelot and Plateau Cornasse, alongside premier crus like Butteaux, Forêts, and Montée de Tonnerre, and benchmark Grand Crus including Les Preuses and Blanchots.
🍇 Grapes
Chardonnay
🍷 ABV
12.5-13.5%