126 { THE SOMM JOURNAL } OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2017
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burgundy
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BOUCHARD PÈRE & FILS HAS BEEN MORE
WINEGROWER THAN NÉGOCIANT FOR
ALMOST THREE CENTURIES
edited by Jessie Birschbach
IN A RECENT EDUCATIONAL tastin here at the offices of The
SOMM Journal, we focused on the intricacies of Burundy both as a wine
and as an appellation. ne such uniue and essential characteristic that
pertains to Burundy is the odel of the négociant the ter used for
erchants of the syste resultin fro the apoleonic Code of 0.
The code reuired inherited land to be split eually aon siblin ben
-
eficiaries which fraented Burundy considerably. Because of this, the
négociants becae critical to ature, bottle and coercialize these
wines. Today, despite the blurrin of these doainenociant lines, there
Frédéric Weber, Cellar Master
at Bouchard Père & Fils.
The
Amendment
Château de
Beaune, royal
fortress of King
Louis XI, later
purchased by
Bernard Bouchard
in 1820.
Négocian
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