Domaine Coche-Bizouard
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Domaine Coche-Bizouard,
Ready, but will keep,
The wine is fermented and raised for the first winter in oak barrels, with no more than 20 percent new oak used, then transferred to tank for the second winter to add some tension and allow the wine to marry before bottling. The Les Combes vineyard sits opposite En Remilly, on the Chassagne side of St Aubin. This location and the relatively deep clay topsoil over chalky limestone provides good weight and a pleasing, oily, saline grip to the finish, alongside the refreshing, zesty acidity one always finds in St Aubin. The excellent 2014 vintage provided perfect growing conditions for Chardonnay grapes and has given a wine of excellent tension but with the perfect amount of flesh on the bones.
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer
From a vintage which produced white wines considered to be consistently excellent across the full range of appellations, this wine exhibits the hallmarks not only of the vintage, but also of this meticulous and highly-regarded producer. It is zesty and crisp, with mineral and citrus character in equal measure. It has good flavour intensity and is already showing a moderately long, graceful finish. The oak influence is subtle, allowing the fruit to take centre stage, with fresh lime, lemon zest and some tropical notes emerging as it opens up in the glass. This is a wine which will give great pleasure now and should develop nicely over the next five or more years.
Catherine Owen, Wine Advisor
Adam Bruntlett, Wine Buyer
From a vintage which produced white wines considered to be consistently excellent across the full range of appellations, this wine exhibits the hallmarks not only of the vintage, but also of this meticulous and highly-regarded producer. It is zesty and crisp, with mineral and citrus character in equal measure. It has good flavour intensity and is already showing a moderately long, graceful finish. The oak influence is subtle, allowing the fruit to take centre stage, with fresh lime, lemon zest and some tropical notes emerging as it opens up in the glass. This is a wine which will give great pleasure now and should develop nicely over the next five or more years.
Catherine Owen, Wine Advisor
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£36.50
Case price (12)
£394.20
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£43.80
Bottle 12 x 75cl 5cs
£302.52
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The Coche name is well-known in Meursault, principally because of the renowned Jean-François Coche-Dury. Less well-known but certainly not to be missed is this domaine, established in 1940 and run by cousin-once-removed, Fabien Coche. As one would expect, he has excellent vineyard holdings principally in Meursault, Monthélie and Auxey-Duresses, and has supplemented these with purchased grapes from trusted sources. The harvesting is generally done later than other vignerons in the area, sometimes by as much as a week. The reds are not de-stemmed, and both the whites and reds undergo a very long, slow fermentation. The wines are then put into barriques – of which, as a general rule, 25 percent are new – for 18 to 20 months. Coche's wines are highly individual in style – they are designed to be aged for at least five to 10 years but will subsequently develop into some of the most well-balanced, beautifully structured wines of each appellation. You may notice that some of the wines, especially the Meursaults, carry the name Coche-Bizouard (rather than Domaine Fabien Coche); this is Fabien’s own-label négociant range. We have been buying in these wines since the early 1980s, offering as they do consistently good, affordable and classically styled Meursault.