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THE WINE AUCTION IN HONG KONG WAS HUGELY SUCCESSFUL! On Saturday, September 3rd, in Hong Kong, we put on sale, in partnership with Christie’s, some 2,000 bottles of our rare and legendary collection, of 1846 to 2009 vintages.

The wines presented come directly from our cellars, where they have been stored in optimum conditions for nearly two centuries. They represent a particularly extensive overview of the “Climats” of Burgundy and its vint...

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History

Founded in 1731 in Beaune by Michel Bouchard, Bouchard Père & Fils, is one of the oldest wine estates in Burgundy, perpetuating tradition for over 280 years and 9 generations.

In 1775, Joseph Bouchard acquired his first vineyards in Volnay in the famous “Les Caillerets” climat and started to develop the family’s vineyard holdings. During the French Revolution, property belonging to the clergy and nobility was confiscated and put up for sale...

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Vineyards

With a lineage of prestigious master-winemakers and experts in every trades involved in winemaking, Bouchard Père & Fils strives to understand each terroir, master each vine and to check each bunch of grapes which go into the fine wines that carry the estate’s label.

 

The estate’s configuration, extending as it does over 48 km from north to south with a mosaic of 450 different vineyards, protects Bouchard Père & Fils from localised weat...

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Winemaking

Bouchard Père & Fils applies the “precision of a goldsmith” to each stage of winemaking. In this pursuit of precision, Bouchard Père & Fils invested in a high-tech facility in 2005, the St. Vincent winery in Savigny-les-Beaune. Located 5 metres below ground level, the vinification vat room enables grapes to be transferred naturally, by gravity, into 138 maceration tanks or presses. Over 100 different wines are vinified here. They are then matu...

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43 different wines with 245 vintages

Winemaking since 1731

  • Philippe Prost

    Cellar Master
    “Our motto is “No rules”. Our approach is to go with the terroirs and the vintage, to adapt ourselves to each vineyard, each year, so that we can coax out the purest expression and the finest emotions ... There is a great deal of risk involved in this listening approach, as well as humility towards the living matter that is wine, but it is an extremely rewarding challenge.”
  • Joseph Henriot

    President
    “Some modern techniques can take advantage of natural conditions much better than the empirical methods handed down by tradition. Our art is to retain those traditions that have given us positive benefits, but to be able to adopt modern methods when these represent progress."
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