Bourgogne Côte d’Or Vieilles Vignes AOC 2020

Wine Description for Bourgogne Côte d’Or Vieilles Vignes AOC 2020 by Rémi Jobard

Colour & Appearance

Medium-intensity straw yellow with lively green reflections – luminous, clear and of youthful precision.

Nose

A fascinating treasure trove that reveals ever greater depth in the large glass with increasing aeration. Orange blossom and white lilac combine with green apple skins, sorrel and borage. Beneath pulses a cool, precise minerality from crushed oyster shells and wet slate. Shimmering, transparent, with fine inner vibration.

Palate

Composed and forthcoming at once – this wine makes no empty promises, it delivers them immediately. The attack is forceful with pronounced bass, the texture powdery-phenolic, the minerality marked and mouth-watering. White nectarine and white redcurrant form the fruity backbone, carried by distinctive ripeness and fine melting texture.

Finish

The cooling acidity is accelerated by a pronounced saline character and culminates in an ethereal, long mineral aftertaste. Elegant, precise, lingering.

Terroir & Origin

The grapes come from several vineyard sites immediately adjacent to Meursault, two of them directly below the Premier Cru Charmes. The Bourgogne Côte d’Or AOC is a recently introduced designation that consistently restricts the production zone to the core area of the Côte d’Or – a clear quality signal. The limestone-rich soils of Meursault are at the heart of Jobard’s philosophy.

Grape Variety & Vinification

Chardonnay from old vines, aged in 600-litre Stockinger foudres rather than classic barriques. The larger wood volume serves not for aromatisation, but for controlled, slow oxygen exchange – the result is wines of crystalline precision with deep minerality and fine melting texture. Rémi Jobard’s domaine has been organically certified since 2008.

Food Pairing Suggestions

Ideal with skate wing in lemon-caper butter, chicken in lemon-caper sauce or grilled yellow pepper with caper vinaigrette on crostini. The wine’s acidity and salinity harmonise beautifully with the freshness of citrus and the spice of capers.

Special Features

This wine was released as a Late Release and matured for two additional years in Jobard’s cellar – a rare gesture of patience that is directly reflected in the wine’s extraordinary complexity and composure.