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HiStoRic viNificAtioN
iN 2018
“For the 2018 harvests, we finally returned to that quality thanks to a next-generation rubber
more normal quantities,” says laurent Mairet, “hedgehog” mechanism that stops the berries
the winemaker at Bouchard Aîné & Fils. “We vinify being crushed. This is a major detail because it
between 300 and 400 pièces every year, with 320 allows for intracellular fermentation which very
pièces last year, we have returned to a volume of slowly reduces the sugar. It also allows us to avoid
wine that we hadn’t seen for the last few years, crushing the grapes too violently at this early stage.
which is a real treat!” he concludes. We also vinified three new appellations in 2018:
With 19 appellations vinified in 2018, 44 pièces Pernand-Vergelesses white, Pernand Premier Cru
of white and 276 of red, Bouchard Aîné & Fils les Fichots red, and Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier
confirms its preference for the red Burgundy Cru les Vergelesses red.
climats. Its emblematic wines are mainly located As we write this in mid-February, the reds have yet
on the Côte de Beaune: Pommard Premier Cru les to begin their malolactic fermentation, but they
Charmots, Beaune Premier Cru Clos du roi, Beaune already taste wonderful, with an intense red color
Premier Cru les Marconnets in both colors, and promising wonderful keeping potential. The whites
Savigny-lès-Beaune white. And lastly, the Fixin are indulgent and aromatic, and are already opening
la Mazière, a very old contract for wine from this up to reveal a style that is all about roundness
quasi-monopole on the Côte de Nuits, a very high- with notes of vanilla and white-fleshed fruit like
quality plot surrounded by stone walls in the village. peach and pear, characteristic of the great classic
We also know that 2018 is a quality vintage thanks Chardonnays. For both whites and reds, the 2018
to very favorable weather, despite sometimes being vintage will be one for laying down!
on a knife-edge. A new de-stalker is helping preserve