Wine Bouchard Pere et Fils, Volnay 1-er Cru AOC Caillerets Ancienne Cuvee Carnot 2004
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Pinot Noir: 100%
Tasting Notes
The wine has a ruby color with brown highlights.
The wine has a rich taste with a good structure and excellent balance. Good potential.
The wine has a complex aroma, which perceptible notes of ripe fruit, complemented by hints of smoke and animal tones.
Wine is the perfect complement to the easy meat delicacies, as well as blends well with duck and lamb.
Interesting Facts
Les Caillerets - one of the best parts of Premiers Crus in freestyle and first acquisition Bouchard family. As you know, Bouchard has not always been the big landowners. Founder of the House - Michelle Bouchard began as a merchant, but his grandson, Antoine, "a century old man" (he lived in 1759-1860g.g.), Has decided to make wine from their own grapes and the first section, which he bought, it was in the commune Volnay - 7 hectares Les Caillerets. As a result of complex genetic and related vicissitudes of this site was in a family by the name of Carnot to return to the Bouchard only a few generations - August 5, 1889. Among the descendants of one of the names of President Carnot third of the French Republic - Marie Francois Sadi Carnot. "Ancienne Cuvee Carnot" means ancient, old, has a long history Cuvee Carnot. Soil vineyard wines contain thin layers of lime and clay.
