Iconic monopole ‘Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus’ is to be moved away from Bouchard Pere et Fils under Artemis’ plans to restructure some vineyards to new Domaine des Cabottes. In the words of their press release:

Artémis Domaines is reorganizing Bouchard Père & Fils into two distinct and autonomous estates in order to highlight the full value of its exceptional winegrowing heritage.

This is officially the end of an era for drinkers of Bouchard. The monopole ‘Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus’ refers to an old story, a miracle around the birth of the future King, Louis XIV. The founding Carmelite nun of the ‘Domestiques de la famille du Saint Enfant Jesus’ predicted Louis’ birth, despite the Queen having struggled for years with infertility. After he was born, this exceptional vineyard adopted the name ‘Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus’. Thereafter purchased by the Bouchard family in 1791, remaining within their holdings until today.

As you can see in our latest post, the quality coming from the cellars of Frederic Weber is consistently recognised as some of the best in the region. These changes will direct that pursuit of perfection into the new Domaine des Cabottes. Mickael Baroin, who has been working with Frederic for the last 10 years will become the new Technical Director at Bouchard. Both will remain under the ownership of Artemis Domaines.

In line with Artemis’ principals the vintage releases from these domaines will be 1 year behind other Burgundies. 2026 will see the release of the ’23 vintage with restructure fully in place and the first vintage emerging from Domaine des Cabottes. 2022, in stock now will be the last time you will see this vineyard featured on a Bouchard bottle. Our advice: buy your last bottles today!

You can see the full separation of domaines in these pdfs. Domaine des Cabottes is focussed on the top level with Bouchard continuing to produce the much appreciated Beaune du Chateau amongst other Irish favourites.