Bouchard Père & Fils - Clos Vougeot Grand Cru 2016
96/100
Bettane & Desseauve
94/100
Tim Atkin
92-94/100
Robert Parker
92-94/100
Vinous
"This great Burgundy vintage will enhance any table lucky enough to have it—simply memorable!"
"The Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2016 [...] has a fairly powerful bouquet with well-defined aromas of black cherries, bergamot, fresh figs, and raspberry jam. The palate is very well balanced, with ripe, sensual tannins, good acidity, and a hint of oak to be absorbed on the finish, but otherwise, this is an elegant Clos Vougeot that will rank among the greatest names. 2020-2040" (Robert Parker 2017)
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Eye
Ruby red color
Nose
Complex bouquet of red and black berries with a hint of spice
Mouth
With its dazzling elegance on the palate, it perfectly combines finesse and pedigree. A great wine for aging.
Serve
At 16-17°C, decant to enhance the flavor.
Drink from
202
Drink before
2040
Food and wine pairings
Enjoy it with a nice piece of poultry, a rib of beef, or on its own to appreciate all its subtleties...
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated (2018 guide) 96/100
Rated estate (2023 guide) 4 stars (Producers of very high quality, those who are the pride of French vineyards)
About wine:
Two parcels in this vintage, rich and distinguished, very consensual, a sort of summary of all the qualities of the grands crus of the Côte de Nuits, perhaps still lacking a little in pure finesse. But let's give it time!
About the estate:
From Cazetiers to Bouzeron, this large Beaune-based wine merchant founded in 1731 owns more than 142 plots covering 130 hectares of vineyards, including 73 hectares of premier and grand cru vineyards. This first-rate wine-growing heritage enables Frédéric Weber, a talented winemaker who was previously in charge of Château de Poncié, to produce around 600,000 bottles out of the total three million units produced here each year, with most of the production coming from purchased grapes for the great reds and carefully selected musts for the whites other than those from the estate. Impressive success in both white and red wines in recent vintages.
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rating (2017 guide) 92-94/100 (Outstanding wine)
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About wine:
The Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru 2016 comes exclusively from the highest plot of the vineyard with ancient stone walls, the lower plot having been grubbed up. It has a fairly powerful bouquet with well-defined aromas of black cherries, bergamot, fresh figs, and raspberry jam. The palate is very well balanced, with ripe, sensual tannins, good acidity, and a hint of oak to be absorbed on the finish, but otherwise, this is an elegant Clos Vougeot that will rank among the greatest names. 2020-2040
Jancis Robinson
Rated estate (2022 guide) Recommended
Vinous
Wine rated (2017 guide) 92-94/100
About wine:
Medium red. Distinctly violet aromas of Boysenberry, violet, and lavender. Both dense and juicy, with sharp but harmonious violet fruit flavors, nicely framed and enhanced by pronounced acidity. The finish is firmly tannic but not at all harsh, with a lovely touch of sweetness and a hint of salty minerality. Today, I much prefer this wine to the Echézeaux. The winemaker Weber told me that he liked to harvest this Clos Vougeot later in order to obtain a softer acidity and riper tannins, but he pointed out that he did not find this wine very acidic. However, he admitted that some of these 2016 Côte de Nuits grands crus had an alcohol content of nearly 14%.
James Suckling
Rated estate (2023 guide) Recommended
Tim Atkin
Wine rated (2018 guide) 94/100
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