Bouchard Père & Fils, one of the servants of this great mystery, occupies a special place in wine-growing Burgundy. Its 130-hectare estate, the largest in Premiers and Grands Crus of the Côte-d’Or, illustrates a hundred or so climats over 55 kilometres from north to south between Gevrey-Chambertin and Montrachet. Founded in 1731, the house preserves in these historic cellars a unique testimony of a few thousand bottles from the 19th century. By the number of climats as well as by the historical depth on which they are represented, this treasure, a great witness to the history of Burgundy, is no longer that of a single estate but, in a way, now constitutes a Burgundian heritage. So much so, in fact, that when the Climats du vignoble de Bourgogne was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2015, Bouchard Père & Fils was chosen as one of the constituent attributes of the listed heritage.

In order to transfer such a domain, the disposition of mind of a custodian rather than that of an proprietor is called for. It requires roots that plunge deep into time and a vision that looks far ahead.

Since 1995, the Henriot family has had the privilege of continuing this œuvre, of taking it further and perhaps even higher, because the œuvre itself demands it. The estate is at the heart of our vision. This is why acquisitions were made after 1995 in Meursault, Pommard, Monthélie, Clos-Vougeot, Bonnes-Mares, Echezeaux and others. It is also for this reason that we strive to express the diversity of the terroirs we are in charge of with all the subtlety that is appropriate to the diversity of the terroirs we are responsible for, both through wine-growing that respects nature and through vinification and maturing with a precision that the goldsmiths would not deny.

Each terroir is unique. Each plot is unique. Whether for the old bottles or for the wines produced today, we listen to them and take care of them carefully, with all the humility and infinite respect that their personalities inspire. Each wine is an individual, almost a being, with its own identity, character and behaviour. Each one will therefore receive dedicated attention and appropriate treatment. Listening and observation take precedence over action to let the terroir express itself in the particularities of the vintage. The œnologist, Frédéric Weber is a cellar master and not a wine maker. He does not make the wine, he gives it life. Moreover, he uses the same words for his wines as one would use for a person. Too respectful to “ force ” them, he adapts to each one of them and consistently applies a simple principle: the rule is that there are no rules.

In this mission, the precision of a watchmaker combined with a genuine cult of detail are part of the house’s values. This Burgundian spirit, demanding, in perpetual quest for perfection, can be found in the archives and testimonials that the House has kept preciously since the beginning of the 18th century: tasting notes, winegrowers’ notebooks, booklets of vintages,.. : this precious collection of documents, where meticulous observations and expertise developed over time are recorded, bears witness to this permanent quest for accuracy.