Bouchard Père & Fils : Clos Vougeot Grand cru 2014

Very perfumed with plenty of strawberry, rose-petal and stem aromas. Medium to full body, fine tannins and a lightly stemmy finish. The 50% whole-cluster vinification gives this a bounce. Drink or hold.

Good dark red, not hugely saturated. Cool, medicinal scents of black cherry, spices and herbs. Juicy, pure and youthfully imploded, conveying excellent energy to its black fruit and licorice flavors. Not a fleshy wine but still easier to taste today than the 2015. Crisp acidity and savory minerality contribute to its penetrating quality, but there's nothing hard about this wine. Finishes with firm, ripe tannins and excellent length.

Since the 2005 vintage, it has come from a blend of 2 plots (vinified together) totaling 0.42 hectares of vines planted at the top and bottom of this climat, both on the Vosne-Romanée side. This is a friendly Clos de Vougeot with reserved fabric. Vinification with no less than 50% whole clusters gives it juicy fruit, with delicious aromas of cherries and wild strawberries, a velvety palate, soft tannins, and a feminine character, leading to the pleasure of earlier drinking to enjoy its youthful fruit.

Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2014 tasting, the 2014 Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru has a clean, subtle and well-defined bouquet with attractive wild strawberry, Morello and redcurrant scents. The oak here is much better integrated compared to the Clos de Vougeot from Hudelot-Noëllat. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannin. I appreciate the purity here, the balance and poise, the manner in which it gently fans out on the finish. Excellent—this is another impressive showing from Bouchard Père et Fils. Tasted September 2017.