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Burgundy
the colors of wine
Every fall since 2008, during the weekend of the
Hospices de Beaune Wine Auction, Bouchard Aîné
& Fils has invited guests to take a trip through
the senses with a series of original food and wine
combinations. This year’s event takes place on 16
and 17 November.
this year, Bouchard aîné & Fils is looking the reds are more about warm Magenta
to the eyes; our first contact with a wine. shades. Pensée for a young Bourgogne,
Dazzle, clarity, intensity, and a palette of Prune for an older one, Rubis for Fixin, or
color are all offered up to delight our view, even Vermillon.
encouraging us to appreciate, remember, in order for this feast for the eyes to also be
or imagine a flavor… a feast for the appetite, Bouchard aîné &
through its famous poster of wine colors, Fils has developed a series of contrasting or
Bouchard aîné & Fils and its tour of the complementary food and wine combinations
Five Senses illustrate 91 different nuances offering an aromatic palette in shades of
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in six collections, shades of red and yellow red and yellow. Seven wines and four dishes
illustrating different varietals and the will be offered for this weekend tasting
evolution of wine over time.
the whites are arranged around the primary
color yellow and Bouchard references, like a A chromatic weekend tasting
color chart: Auréoline for a young Chablis, Crémant de Bourgogne rosé
Jaune de Mai for an aligoté, Eclipse for & gougères with red wine and cumin
a Crémant de Bourgogne, Jasmin for a
NeW meursault, Blé Tendre for Savigny-lès- Savigny-lès-Beaune (white) in the barrel 2019
Aloxe-Corton Beaune in the barrel, and Jaune Soleil for Savigny-lès-Beaune (white) 2018
& verrine of artichoke and crayfish mousse with coriander
Les Boutières a more mature example. Meursault 2017
& smoked halibut on humus with a pumpkin seed sablé
the 2019 vintage will include a new appellation,
namely aloxe-Corton Les Boutières. these Fixin la Mazière 2018
60-year-old vines face southeast towards & hunter’s terrine
Chorey-lès-Beaune, and offer beautiful Beaune Premier Cru Montrevenots cuvée Cyrot
bunches with lovely millerandage promising Chaudron Hospices de Beaune 2016
fine concentration. We are expecting to fill & beef ravioli
around 10 pièces for some 3,000 bottles.
Corton Maréchaudes 1996 grand cru
the name of this plot is said to derive
from the word boutes, meaning goatskins
for holding wine that were transported on
the backs of mules. indeed, the plot runs
alongside a very old road that was once
used by mule drivers. We shall have to wait
a few months to discover this new wine once
vinification is complete.
www.bouchard-aine.fr
Bouchard aîné & Fils
@Bouchard_aine
@bouchard_aine_fils
Boisset la famille des Grands Vins
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