he 2017 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules is superb, mingling aromas of pear, mandarin and stone fruit with hints of fresh bread, pastry cream and iodine in an inviting mélange. Full-bodied, layered and fleshy, it's a concentrated, chiseled Ursules that's built ...
Aromas of fresh bread, crisp orchard fruit, citrus oil, clear honey and oyster shell introduce Bouchard's 2016 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules, a medium to full-bodied, beautifully precise and tensile rendition of this emblematic cuvée. Fine-boned and elegant,...
The 2018 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules is wild, almost exotic in this release. Intense floral and tropical overtones through a core of Pinot fruit. Creamy and expansive, the Ursules is so giving today. Time in the glass offers layers of orchard fruit, lem...
The 2019 Blanc de Noirs Presle is the ninth and penultimate rendition of this cuvée, produced from a 0.25-hectare parcel that Bouchard planted with 10 different massal selections of Pinot Noir from Gevrey-Chambertin. Wafting from the glass with aromas of ...
The 2020 Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules is classy, elegant and supremely polished. Sweet floral and spice notes open first, followed by a burst of red-toned Pinot fruit. Rose petal, cinnamon, dried cherry, mint and orange peel develop, filling out the laye...
The 2020 Blanc de Noirs Presle is quite powerful and dense this year, as evidenced by its textural richness and dark color. The wilder side of Pinot Noir comes alive in this sauvage, dense Champagne. I imagine a few years in bottle will help this come ...