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BOURGOGNE CHARDONNAY 2017

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2022 2023

Varietal

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Visual: Gold colour with light silver-grey tints.

Nose: Very expressive with aromas of flowers and honey.

Palate: A frank attack, good acidity, with acacia and lightly candied fruits aromas enhanced by a good length in the mouth.

Food and wine pairing

This wine is the perfect choice for aperitifs, cold cuts or grilled fish but also cheese such as the French Brie, Comté or Saint-Nectaire.

Serving suggestions

Serve ideally chilled, at a temperature of about 12°C (54°F.).

Ageing potential

In good storage conditions, this wine can be kept for about 8 years.

Origins

The Bourgogne blanc appellation covers around 1,000 hectares spread across the entire Burgundy wine-growing region. The great diversity of terroirs found here means that the grape variety can be expressed in a wide range of ways, from flinty to buttery to acacia.

Our white Burgundy is mainly made from Chardonnay grapes harvested on selected terroirs in southern Burgundy: in the Mâconnais and Côte Chalonnaise. A small proportion of our cuvée also comes from vineyards in the Côte de Beaune.

The selection and vinification carried out by our teams is therefore very important in achieving a pure expression of Chardonnay in line with the House's expertise.

Vinification and maturing

Once harvested, the grapes were crushed softly in a pneumatic press in order to get the best juice possible and avoid oxidation.

Then, vinification takes place in stainless steel tanks to keep all the fruitiness of the Chardonnay grape; temperatures are controlled and fermentation is managed to enhance all its aromas.

Vintage : 2017

In 2017, Burgundy succeed at both quality and quantity levels.

After many vintages impacted by the climatic variation, Bouchard Ainé & Fils recover with the 2017 vintage, a very satisfactory harvest. Not only because the volumes will allow to supply the markets but also because the wines already offer the desire to discover this very elegant vintage.

After spending the winter building up their strength, the vines profited fully from a very warm spring, with budburst in early April ensuring a head start in terms of the growth cycle that was maintained right up to the harvest. The plants progressed from stage to stage free from hindrance, and by mid-June, were flowering before rapid fruit set. An early vintage was confirmed. During the summer, a few spells of heatwave alternated with more mixed weather. However, ripening continued at a good pace and by the end of August, the first grapes were being picked, two weeks ahead of average.

Harvesting continued until mid-September as each plot reached peak maturity. Harvest started on the first week of September in Burgundy and ended on September the 30th in the late parcels. The grapes were in exceptional health and required virtually no sorting. Everyone was very enthusiastic about this fabulous fruit, its peak ripeness, and the volumes produced.