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This Beaune 1er cru “Grèves Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus” Domaine 2017 from Bouchard Père & Fils takes its name from a historical anecdote linked to the Carmelite Marguerite du Saint-Sacrement. Indeed, she is said to have predicted the birth of the future King of France despite the infertility of his mother, Anne of Austria. This vineyard took the name of “Vigne de L’Enfant Jésus” following the birth of Louis XIV. Sold in 1791 during the sale of national assets, this terroir, with an east/south-east exposure on very gravelly clay-limestone soil, has since been the monopoly of the Bouchard Père & Fils company.

This wine has a strong wood and menthol elements all but dominate the earthy and spicy red dark pinot fruit scents. The sleek, intense and well-defined medium-bodied flavors exude evident minerality onto the much more complex and persistent finale where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges. This is really quite good though note that my predicted range offers the benefit of the doubt that the generous wood will ultimately be successfully integrated.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Fleurie La Reserve 2016 is an excellent wine which has fruity and juicy summer berry flavours with soft tannins.  This wine has a blend of 100% Gamay.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Gevrey Chambertin 2015 wine has garnet color with purple shades. Intense bouquet developing colour with purple shades. Intense bouquet developing flavours of red fruit (raspberry, strawberry jam) entwined with delicate oaky hints. Refined and fleshy mouth, with harmonious tanins.

The best of Bouchard’s array of Meursaults in 2017, this hails from two parcels, both in Genevrières Dessus; a total of 2.65ha. Pale, scented and well balanced, it has spicy 15% new wood, good texture and weight, and notes of citrus and beeswax. Drinking Window 2020-2025.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Meursault 2017 has aromas of lemon and lime oil, hazelnut and vanillin oak come across as rich and fully ripe but lively. In a distinctly rich, pliant, almost glyceral style, showing hints of banana and exotic fruits.

The Bouchard Pere & Fils Moulin-a-Vent 2011 has floral and ripe aromas. On the palate appealing through the skill blend of its structure anf fleshiness. Perfect with grilled or roasted meat and robustly flavoured cheese. This wine has a blend of 100% Gamay.

The star of the Mâcon appellations lies at the foot of the Solutré and Vergisson crags that rise into the sky like two immense bows of a ship. The 2018 Bouchard Pere & Fils Pouilly-Fuissé winehas become very famous throughout the world. Connoisseurs like its elegance and lively, silky texture. Delicate bouquet with fruit and floral notes. This Burgundy wine is silky and elegant wine. To be drunk preferably in its youth for its freshness.

The 2018 Bouchard Père et Fils Bouchard Puligny Montrachet is a white wine made by Bouchard Père et Fils from Puligny-Montrachet based on the best chardonnay from 2018 and shows an alcoholic strength of 13%. The Puligny-Montrachet AOC by Bouchard Père et Fils is green-golden in the glass, on the nose this French white wine from Burgundy unfolds a fine fruity-floral bouquet, with light wood notes. On the palate fresh and harmonious, subtle, balanced structure, with strength and elegance to the long reverberation.

Enjoy this elegant, fresh white burgundy with fish, seafood and shellfish.

The 2017 Vosne-Romanée Village exhibits notes of sweet raspberry fruit, spices and smoky oak, followed by a medium to full-bodied palate with a juicy core of fruit, chewy tannins and appreciable amplitude and power. This hails from an old-vine parcel that Bouchard has purchased for many years and which contains an appreciable percentage of Pinot Gris–not uncommon in Vosne-Romanée.

The 2015 BriO de Cantenac Brown wine is a rich, exotic wine from Margaux. The 2015 BriO de Cantenac Brown wine is simply stunning. Dark cherry, plum, mocha, espresso, licorice and leather all flesh out in this ample, voluptuous Margaux. A rush of super-ripe dark cherry, plum, violet, lavender and sweet French oak builds as this plush, explosive wine shows off its bold personality. The 2015 is quite concentrated and extracted in style, and yet all the elements are wonderfully fused together. I would give the 2015 at least a few years to assimilate some of its new oak.

96 points Wine Enthusiast
95 points Decanter
95 points Vinous

The Cap Roya Rouge Bordeaux Superieur 2015 wine has a red ruby colour with subtle tints of purple. Expressive and complex nose with ripe berries aromas mixed with spicy notes (pepper & liquorice). The palate is full, round and deep. Tannins are velvety and provide a good mouth filling texture up to the finish which is marked by spicy and red fruit notes.

The 2019 Cap Royal Bordeaux Blanc wine has a golden yellow in color. This Cap Royal Bordeaux Blanc has a zesty, citrusy 100% Sauvignon Blanc from the Bordeaux wine region. This is a bone-dry Sauvignon Blanc with a mouthful of tropical fruit, blanched almond and citrus zest creamy on the palate. This 2019 Cap Royal Bordeaux Blanc wine is excellent value. The white wine is best served with salads, goat cheese and grilled artichoke galette, grilled chicken, herbed flatbreads.

Awards:
2016 Vintage: Commended – International Wine Challenge
2016 Vintage: Bronze – Decanter World Wine Awards
2015 Vintage: Commended – Decanter World Wine Awards

The 2018 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine has a beautiful red colour with garnet glints. This Cap Royal Rouge wine has an expressive and complex nose, with primary aromas of toast, vanilla and ripe red fruits. After aeration, secondary notes of menthol and spice mixed with cedar develop. On the palate, the mouth feel is rich and silky with elegant tannins. The 2018 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine finish is long, aromatic and delicious, structured and oaky yet always maintaining finesse

The Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur is a ‘sum of its parts’ sort of wine. Jean-René Matignon, winemaker at the renowned Chateau Pichon Baron, is in charge of the wine each vintage and uses his extensive connections in Bordeaux to source grapes from vineyards he sees fit for the year’s blend. This allows him to select the best fruit to achieve his vinous goal without being limited to one plot of land. The 2018 vintage is 75% merlot and 25% cabernet sauvignon. Intensely coloured with a nose of blackberry, blueberry and spice, the wine expresses more dark fruits, vanilla and toasted oak on the palate. It’s powerful and rich, yet refreshing.

The 2020 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine has a beautiful red colour with garnet glints. This Cap Royal Rouge wine has an expressive and complex nose, with primary aromas of toast, vanilla and ripe red fruits. After aeration, secondary notes of menthol and spice mixed with cedar develop.

On the palate, the mouth feel is rich and silky with elegant tannins. The 2020 Cap Royal Rouge Bordeaux Superieur wine finish is long, aromatic and delicious, structured and oaky yet always maintaining finesse

The Cap Royal Bordeaux Supérieur is a ‘sum of its parts’ sort of wine. Jean-René Matignon, winemaker at the renowned Chateau Pichon Baron, is in charge of the wine each vintage and uses his extensive connections in Bordeaux to source grapes from vineyards he sees fit for the year’s blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot.

A wine of joy and pure pleasure, the 2015 Carmes de Rieussec is absolutely delicious. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine has a pale to medium golden color and a lovely nose of lemon tart, orange marmalade and preserved apricots with hints of musk perfume and candied ginger. This Sauternes wine is medium to full-bodied, richly fruited and with compelling savory and earthy layers intermingled with the citrus preserves, it finishes with great freshness and length. The 2015 Carmes de Rieussec wine is composed of 87% Sémillon, 7% Sauvignon Blanc and 6% Muscadelle.

93 points Vinous
91 points Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
90 points Wine Spectator

The Second Wine of the prestigious Premier Grand Cru Classé – Château Lafite-Rothschild – the Carruades de Lafite 2010 reflects the identity of the great terroirs of Pauillac.

The 2010 Carruades de Lafite wine offers a smoky nose and a fleshy sensation with dark plum, charcoal and coffee notes. These are the characteristics of a nice grip on the finish which reveals a sensation of persistent plum skin in this second wine from Pauillac. The Carruades de Lafite wine displays much of the same lead pencil, charcoal and black currant notes of its bigger sister, although it is forward, precocious and far less structured than the grand vin. Nevertheless, this wine, which can be drunk now, will cellar beautifully for at least 20-25 more years.

This 2010 Carruades De Lafite has a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42.5% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and the rest Petit Verdot.

95 points James Suckling
94 points Wine Advocate
93 points Wine Spectator