Winery Bouchard Père & FilsCorton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Chardonnay.
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
Taste structure of the Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc from the Winery Bouchard Père & Fils
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc of Winery Bouchard Père & Fils in the region of Burgundy is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc of Winery Bouchard Père & Fils in the region of Burgundy often reveals types of flavors of butterscotch, pineapple or cream and sometimes also flavors of grapefruit, tropical or citrus.
Food and wine pairings with Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc
Pairings that work perfectly with Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc
Original food and wine pairings with Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc
The Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc of Winery Bouchard Père & Fils matches generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, pasta or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of seafood, chorizo and chicken paella from patou, chinese bowl or salmon and avocado chirashi.
Details and technical informations about Winery Bouchard Père & Fils's Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc.
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
Whites with many faces: mineral and taut at Chablis (lemon, green apple, flint), opulent and buttery at Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet (hazelnut, brioche, yellow fruits), tense and chalky in Champagne (Blanc de Blancs). Also vinified sparkling and widely exported (Sonoma, Margaret River, Casablanca). A Burgundian variety, a cross of Pinot Noir × Gouais Blanc, half-sibling of Aligoté.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc from Winery Bouchard Père & Fils are 2019, 2013, 2010, 2018 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Bouchard Père & Fils
The Winery Bouchard Père & Fils is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 197 wines for sale in the of Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
Emblematic white Grand Cru in the north of the Côte de Beaune on the Corton hill: 100% Chardonnay over 70 ha — powerful whites with pale gold robe, green then amber glints. Complex nose of white flowers (acacia, hawthorn), baked apple, lime blossom and cinnamon, evolving to hazelnut, honey and chiselled minerality. Concentrated palate with great structure, austere mineral tension when young calling for 10-15 years in the cellar. Among the world's greatest Chardonnays.
The wine region of Burgundy
Absolute reference for great terroir wines: opulent, mineral Chardonnay in whites (chiselled Chablis, buttery Meursault, majestic Montrachet), fine and silky Pinot Noir in reds (full-bodied Gevrey, structured Pommard, delicate Volnay). Exceptional age-worthy wines with complex notes - red fruits, undergrowth, butter, hazelnut. Some lively Aligoté and light Gamay (Mâconnais). 29,500 ha, 84 tiered AOCs (Régionale, Village, 1er Cru, Grand Cru), 1,247 UNESCO Climats.
The word of the wine: Grand Cru
In Burgundy, the fourth and final level of classification (above the regional, communal and premier cru appellations), designating the wines produced on delimited plots of land (the climats) whose name alone constitutes the appellation. The climats classified as Grand Cru are 32 in the Côte d'Or plus one in Chablis which is divided into 7 distinct climats. Representing barely 1.5% of the production, the Grand Crus are the aristocracy of Burgundy wines.
