2005 Cedric Bouchard Roses de Jeanne Les Ursules

This vineyard is located in Celles. Bouchard has 0.97 hectares under vine. Les Ursules is the only Roses de Jeanne vineyard that Bouchard does not own, but rather farms through a long-term lease arrangement. Bouchard believes that Pinot Noir from this site is particularly well-suited to aging in magnums and it is likely that in the future the entire production from Les Ursules will be bottled in large formats. Recently Bouchard has begun to make some of his Coteaux Champenoise wines from this site. The 2005 Roses de Jeanne Blanc de Noirs Les Ursules is tight, focused and layered, with mineral-infused layers of fruit that drive towards a finish of crystalline purity and finesse. Today the wine is incredibly young, but also full of promise. There is a gorgeous precision to the fruit and an eternal finish that makes it impossible to resist a second taste, but this is a baby and readers should do everything they can to wait a few more years. Bouchard describes 2005 as a less than ideal vintage characterized by alternating spells of heat and rain.