BEAUNE

Localization : Côte de Beaune
Superficie totale du vignoble : 450 ha. of which 322 ha. Premier Cru
Varieties and types of wine :
pinot noir for the red wines
chardonnay for the white wines
Classification : village, premier cru.

Premier Cru "Climats" :

Les Boucherottes : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.62 hectare here.

Les Aigrots : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 8.13 hectares.hectares.

Les Sizies : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 2.95 hectares.

Pertuisots : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.53 hectares.

Clos Saint Landry : Before bearing the name of Clos Saint-Landry, this piece of land appeared under the name of Tiélandry, then Landry. Originally, Tiélandry, or Fiélandry, meant the fief belonging to Landry. This vineyard was owned by the Abbey of Maizières before been bought by Antoine Philibert Joseph Bouchard in 1791. The whole of the Clos Landry was bought at this sale, almost 2 hectares of vineyards, now planted with Chardonnay, producing the mellow, expressive white Premiers Crus with incomparable unctuosity

Les Avaux : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 4.36 hectares.

Les Tuvilains : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 4 hectares.

Belissands : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 1.56 hectares.

Les Seurey : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.4 hectare.

Clos de la Mousse : The origin of Clos de la Mousse is attested in 1220 by Cannon Edme de Saudon in his bequest to the Chapter of Notre-Dame de Beaune. The Bouchard family bought several pieces of land here and managed to own it all from 1820. The Le Clos de la Mousse was brought together completely on the 13th April 1872 with the acquisition of 0.20 ha. from the Cyrot associates, by Antonin Bouchard. This Premier Cru is known and reputed for its remarkable delicacy. Fleshy but refined; it develops aromas of fruit mixed with toasty notes.

Les Reversées : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.22 hectare.

Les Sceaux

Les Teurons : Bouchard Père & Fils acquired 2.6 hectares in 1869. One of the nearest terroir to Beaune, forming a small hillock which would explain the name, from the Celtic, meaning "the mount".

Clos du Roi : Situated below Marconnets, Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.83 hectare here.

Blanches Fleurs

À l'Ecu : : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.53 hectare here.

Clos de l'Ecu

Les Fèves

Les Cent Vignes : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 2.2 hectares.

Les Marconnets : Bouchard Père & has owned property here since 1791, and today farms 2.3 hectares of vineyards at the northern point of the territory of Beaune, with beds of grey, marlish chalk giving a racy wine with finesse and bouquet. Of robust composition, it can be compared to certain Grands Crus because of its vigour and distinction.

En Genêt : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 1.26 hectares.

En l'Orme

Les Perrières

Les Bressandes : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.18 hectare.

Les Toussaints : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.60 hectare.

Les Grèves

Grèves Vigne de l'Enfant Jésus

Sur les Grèves : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 1.16 hectares.

Sur les Grèves Clos-Sainte Anne

Aux Cras

Le Bas des Teurons : Bouchard Père & Fils owns de 1.49 hectares..

Aux Coucherias

Clos de la Féguine

Montée Rouge

La Mignotte

Clos des Avaux

Champs Pimont : Bouchard Père & Fils owns 0.74 hectare.

Beaune quickly became the home of Bouchard Père & Fils. From 1731, the Bouchard family built up a large wine growing estate in Volnay, then from 1809 in Beaune, at the same time giving up their cloth business. In 1820, Bernard Bouchard bought the site of the former royal fortress in Beaune.
In 1872, Antonin Bouchard, who had taken over the running of the company after the death of his father Bernard, moved the company's headquarters to numbers 13 and 15 rue du Château, making his own home at number 8 in the same street.

Today, Bouchard Père & Fils owns an estate of 50 hectares of which 47 are Premiers Crus on the territory of Beaune. Beaune is very famous for its wine sale at the Hospices, the superb Hôtel Dieu, with its varnished roofs typical of the region, its imposing ramparts and bastions which surround the town, yet the wine growing and making of Beaune is not all that well known. However, it is the biggest vineyard on the Côte d'Or with 450 hectares. Planted on a gently sloping band, the vines grow on soil composed of brown chalk mixed either with clay or sand, producing wines of infinite variety, ranging from very full bodied to very delicate.

Photographic credit : Dominique Pernin