NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS 2017
PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS
NUITS-SAINT-GEORGES
PREMIER CRU LES CHABOEUFS 2017
Varietal
Tasting notes
Visual: Deep garnet colour with ruby tints.
Bouquet: Nose of little black fruits, red cherries and spices.
Palate: Dense in the mouth and well-balanced. Powerful structure combined with mineral notes and relatively assertive oak.
Food and wine pairing
Serving suggestions
Ageing potential
Origins
The 2.8-hectare Nuits-Saint-Georges “Les Chaboeufs” vineyard overlies shallow, slightly pebbly clay-limestone soil. The grapes for this wine were grown on old vines using specific growing methods such as: high pruning of the vines, limited yields due to severe disbudding, green harvest if needed, growing crop cover between the rows of vines, little or no use of fertilizers, and environmentally friendly pest management that does not harm beneficial wildlife.
It is assumed that the name of this climat was inherited from the name of the former owners of the parcel, the Chabeufs.
Vinification and maturing
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.