Bouchard Aine & Fils Heritage du Conseiller Pinot Noir 2020
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The 2020 Bouchard Aine & Fils Heritage du Conseiller Pinot Noir is a bright red garnet. Delicate aromas of cherry and coffee with subtly integrated toasted notes. The mouth is appealing and fruity with delicate toasted notes and a medium body. Flavors of chocolate are emphasized by a hint of menthol, lying on silky tannins. The finish is long with assorted fruit flavours and a subtle touch of oak.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2020 Bouchard Aine & Fils Heritage du Conesiller Pinot Noir is light and lively on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of red and blue fruits with a hint of spice. Try it with grilled lamb kebabs. (Tasted: January 17, 2022, San Francisco, CA)
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Cherry, pomegranate, cranberry and bramble aromas leap from the glass. This wine offers tart acid and juicy cranberry and pomegranate up front, joined with gentle pepper and spice tones on the mid palate. Tannic grip holds until a final wash of acidity.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
A small category representing the wines that either fall outside of appellation lines or don’t subscribe to the law and traditions set forth by the French government within certain classified appellations, “Vin De France” is a catch-all that includes some of the most basic French wines as well as those of superior quality. The category includes large production, value-driven wines. It also includes some that were made with a great deal of creativity, diligence and talent by those who desire to make wine outside of governmental restrictions. These used to be called Vin de Table (table wine) but were renamed to compete with other European countries' wines of similar quality.