Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains AOC - Bouchard Père&Fils 2018

Food and wine pairing: To be served with charcuterie, skewers, eggs in red wine sauce (œufs en meurette), stuffed tomatoes, pan-seared salmon, zucchini tart, Burgundy fondue, roasted veal, escargots, poultry, and simple cheeses.

Year: 2018

Taste: Fruity with aromas of peach and ripe apricot. The palate is straightforward and pleasant, with a hint of blackcurrant sorbet and a slightly minty finish.

Tasting: 16/18°

Alcohol volume: 12.5%

Estate and vineyard

Bouchard Père & Fils is a wine estate and a trading house, located in Burgundy, which has built up over the years and with different members of the Bouchard family, an exceptional estate, now with 130 hectares of vines at its heart. from the Côte d'Or (including 12 classified as Grand Cru and 74 as Premier Cru).

Founded in 1731, Maison Bouchard Père & Fils has built up a truly exceptional heritage. Established at Château de Beaune since 1820, their wines benefit from optimal aging conditions thanks to underground galleries crossing the entire property.

The Bourgogne Passe-Tout-Grains appellation is reserved for red and rosé wines. These wines are made from a blend of Pinot Noir and Gamay, with Pinot Noir required to make up at least one-third of the blend. A good Passe-Tout-Grains is typically composed of equal parts of both grape varieties, resulting in a lively and structured wine, best enjoyed in its youthful, fruity freshness.

The grapes come from vines grown on diverse soils, with limestone hills that can be chalky or Kimmeridgian in the North, marly soils in the Côte d'Or, and clay-limestone marl with granite influences in Saône-et-Loire.

Production area: approximately 250 hectares.