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2018 Louis Boillot & Fils Gevrey Chambertin

Minimum Bid is $45
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Bidder Amount Total
$45
2018 Louis Boillot & Fils Gevrey Chambertin

RATINGS

89-91+ The Wine Advocate

...aromas of red cherries, cassis and sweet soil tones, followed by a medium to full-bodied, succulent palate with fine concentration and chalky structure.

15.5Jancis Robinson

PRODUCER

Louis Boillot & Fils

Domaine Louis Boillot is based in Chambolle-Musigny. Though he is part of the large and extended Boillot family of winemakers and wine merchants, Louis started his domaine only in the 1990s and built a cave in Chambolle-Musigny. Louis’ brother is Pierre Boillot and the two of them inherited land from their father, Lucien Boillot. The domain has Premier Cru parcels in Gevrey-Chambertin, Pommard, Volnay, Chambolle-Musigny and Nuits St.-Georges.

REGION

France, Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Nuits-Villages, Gevrey-Chambertin

Côte de Nuits is the northern part of the Côte d’Or and it includes the most famous vineyards and wine communes in the world. There are more Grand Cru appellations in the Côte de Nuits than anywhere else in Burgundy. Of the fourteen communes, or villages in the Côte de Nuits, six produce Grand Cru wines. They are Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-St.-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Vougeot, Flagey-Échezeaux and Vosne-Romanee. Some of the vineyards within the Côte de Nuits are tiny, which adds to their prestige. The fabled Grand Cru vineyard La Romanee is barely two square acres. Altogether there are twenty-four Grand Cru vineyards. The region takes its name from the village of Nuits-Saint-Georges. Côtes de Nuits produces mostly reds from Pinot Noir, and the wines have been in demand for centuries. During the 18th century King Louis XIV’s physician recommended that for his health the king only drink wines from Nuits-Saint-Georges. Like most of Burgundy, the soils of the Côte de Nuit can vary greatly from one vineyard to another, though most are a base soil of limestone mixed with clay, gravel and sand.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.