Domain Bernard Bonin Meursault La Rencontre 2020 Bottle (75cl)
With La Rencontre 2020, Domaine Bernard Bonin presents a village white Meursault from Burgundy, made from 100% Chardonnay. This cuvée blends old vines located in the lieux-dits of Les Pelles and Sous La Velle, on clay and limestone soils. It thus expresses a selection of Meursault terroirs within a single cuvée, originating from east- to southeast-facing parcels.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- White
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bourgogne
- Appellation
- Meursault
- Producteur / Domaine
- Domaine Bernard Bonin
- Parcelle / Cru
- La Rencontre
- Cuvée
- La Rencontre
- Millésime
- 2020
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 100% Chardonnay
Domaine Bernard Bonin
Based in Meursault, Domaine Bernard-Bonin has been run since 1998 by Véronique Bonin and Nicolas Bernard. Its nine hectares, exclusively dedicated to Chardonnay, are mainly distributed across Meursault and Puligny-Montrachet. The estate focuses on old vines, organic and biodynamic farming, as well as low-intervention winemaking.
- Owner
- Véronique Bonin et Nicolas Bernard
- Maître de chais
- Véronique Bonin et Nicolas Bernard
- Surface (ha)
- 9.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- 20000
Histoire du domaine
The estate's history is rooted in the Michelot family, coopers in Meursault before turning to viticulture in the 19th century. After the Second World War, Bernard Michelot, born in 1926, joined his father Alfred in the vineyards and then married Lucie Buisson in 1949. The couple expanded the property, introduced estate bottling in the 1950s, and gradually grew the family vineyard to 19 hectares. In 1998, Bernard and Lucie Michelot divided the estate among their three daughters. Geneviève Michelot and her daughter Véronique Bonin then pooled their seven-hectare share under the name Michelot Mère et Fille. Véronique Bonin and Nicolas Bernard subsequently took over this operation, which became Domaine Bernard-Bonin and produced its first vintage in 1999. The couple quickly initiated an organic conversion, officially certified in 2015, and began experimenting with biodynamic practices in 2007. In 2021, the acquisition of plots originating from Chantal, Véronique's aunt, brought the estate's surface area to nine hectares.
La Rencontre
La Rencontre is a Meursault village crafted by blending old vines from the lieux-dits Les Pelles and Sous La Velle. The estate presents it as a pure expression of the Meursault terroir, originating from clay-limestone soils with east to southeast exposures.
- Style of the cuvée
- A Meursault striving for balance between the density brought by Sous La Velle and the chalky tension of Les Pelles, featuring purity, structure, and mineral expression.
- Position within the range
- Blended cuvée positioned within the estate's Meursault Village range.
Histoire de la cuvée
The cuvée brings together two historical plots in Meursault, Les Pelles and Sous La Velle. No initial release date or official explanation for its name has been found.
