Domaine Jean-Marie Bouzereau Bourgogne Côte-d'Or Chardonnay 2022
The aromas of flowers, peach, tropical fruit and honey are lovely. The palate is far thinner, like a squeeze of lemon in water.
Producer
Jean-Marie Bouzereau took over part of his family's domaine in 1994 and established himself there. One of his two grandfathers was a grape grower in Meursault, the other in Volnay. After studying at the agricultural vocational school (CFPPA) in Beaune, he spent six months at an American winery and then trained at an Australian winery, before succeeding his father, Pierre Bouzereau-Emonin, in Meursault.
Site
This Chardonnay comes from the Côte-d'Or in Bourgogne, France.
Vinification
This wine is aged for one year in oak barrels. Across the domaine, the grapes are picked by hand and the juice is left to settle for 24 hours, then fermented in oak barrels without cultured yeasts. The wine stays on its lees until the following summer and is lightly filtered in winter before bottling.
In the glass
The aromas of flowers, peach, tropical fruit and honey are lovely, and it is hard to believe this is a Bourgogne Côte-d'Or. The palate, though, is like a squeeze of lemon diluted with water. An acrid, smoky flint note rises from the glass, yet there is almost nothing on the palate. The acidity is high and the minerality feels gritty. There is a slight touch of vanilla.