2020 Clos Vougeot, Grand Cru, Henri Boillot, Burgundy

2020 Clos Vougeot, Grand Cru, Henri Boillot, Burgundy

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2020 Clos Vougeot, Grand Cru, Henri Boillot, Burgundy

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When the Boillots’ previous source started to bottle his own wines in 2015, it was necessary to switch to another source which seemed to be equally good. Rich deep purple-black. This is undoubtedly ripe, perhaps even a gamey quality. 

Freshens up in the glass. Huge fruit weight here, dark notes but actually a core of pure red fruit beneath. Strong but fine tannins; this is going to be quite impressive.

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (October 2021)

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Jasper Morris MW93-95/100

When the Boillots’ previous source started to bottle his own wines in 2015, it was necessary to switch to another source which seemed to be equally good. Rich deep purple-black. This is undoubtedly ripe, perhaps even a gamey quality. 

Freshens up in the glass. Huge fruit weight here, dark notes but actually a core of pure red fruit beneath. Strong but fine tannins; this is going to be quite impressive.

Jasper Morris MW, InsideBurgundy.com (October 2021)

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Burghound93/100

A touch of menthol sits atop the aromas of mostly dark berries, earth and a hint of anise character. The attractively textured flavours, if not especially dense, possess good energy and unusually good refinement, while the youthfully austere finale displays fine length. 

This could use better depth, but more should develop with a few years of bottle age.

Drink from 2030 onward

Allen Meadows, Burghound.com (August 2022)

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Decanter94/100

The Boillot technique of fermenting the reds in cask has succeeded here. Enough fruit was sourced to produce a single cask, and despite being new, it produced a wine with a beautiful clarity of plummy, spicy fruit and plenty of tension to offset the richness of the year—the balance between the two leads to a lingering finish with depth and elegance.

Drink 2025 - 2050

Charles Curtis MW, Decanter.com (November 2021)

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About this WINE

Henri Boillot

Henri Boillot

Henri Boillot has in a very short space of time build an extraordinary reputation for the sheer quality of his Burgundy wines. To call the the Henri Boillot label a mini-negoce does the wines a great disservice as, although Henri does not own the vineyards from which the grapes are sourced, he farms them as meticulously as if they were is own.

They are only ‘mini’ perhaps in the tiny levels of wine produced from each appellation. The meticulous and elegant Henri Boillot also owns and manages the Domaine founded by his grandfather. The sheer quality of these wines, including the impressive and exclusive Les Mouchères monopole, is testimony to the assiduous work he has done in both the vineyards and cellar.

Herni's wines inlcude several Premier Crus from Meursault (Les Poruzots, Les Charmes, Les Genevrières, Les Perrières),  Puligny Montrachet (les Folatières, les Perrières, les Pucelles, les Mouchères), Chassagne-Montrachet (Chevenottes, Embrazees), Volnay and Savigny-les-Beaune.

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Vougeot

Vougeot

Most of the wine produced in this small village comes from a single, walled Grand Cru vineyard, the famous Clos de Vougeot. The vineyard in its present form dates from 1336 (when it was first planted by monks of Cîteaux), although it was not until the following century that it was entirely enclosed by stone walls. 

Clos de Vougeot is both the smallest commune and the largest Clos in the Cote d’Or. It consists of 50 hectares of vineyards shared among 82 owners, with six soil types. There is quite a difference in quality between the upper (best) and lower (least fine) parts of the vineyard, though in medieval times a blend from all sectors was considered optimum.

Le Domaine de la Vougeraie makes a very fine white wine from Le Clos Blanc de Vougeot, first picked out by the monks of Cîteaux as being suitable ground for white grapes in the year 1110.

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Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or.

Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.

Because of the thinness of the skins, Pinot Noir wines are lighter in colour, body and tannins. However the best wines have grip, complexity and an intensity of fruit seldom found in wine from other grapes. Young Pinot Noir can smell almost sweet, redolent with freshly crushed raspberries, cherries and redcurrants. When mature, the best wines develop a sensuous, silky mouth feel with the fruit flavours deepening and gamey "sous-bois" nuances emerging.

The best examples are still found in Burgundy, although Pinot Noir`s key role in Champagne should not be forgotten. It is grown throughout the world with notable success in the Carneros and Russian River Valley districts of California, and the Martinborough and Central Otago regions of New Zealand.

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