Maison Henri Boillot
Clos de Vougeot Grand Cru
Vougeot
2015

The producer

This estate - based in Meursault - dates back six generations to 1885 and was known previously as Domaine Jean Boillot. The Domaine owns 15ha of vineyards from Puligny-Montrachet through to Clos de Vougeot in the Cote de Nuits and include the excellent Premier Cru monopole of Puligny-Montrachet Clos de la Mouchere (located within the Premier Cru Les Perrieres).

The wines from Henri Boillot are released either as Domaine Henri Boillot for wines from vineyards owned by the domaine, and Maison Henri Boillot for those from purchased grapes.  The Clos de Vougeot is produced from a small 0.34 hectares plot.

The wine

Henri Boillot’s Clos de Vougeot is produced from a small 0.34 hectares plot of land with south-east exposure and deep clay-limestone soils. The winemaking is relatively traditional, and the wines are aged in small French oak barrels, of which generally up to 50% are new. These tend to be wines of great power but also of great structure and freshness. 

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.