Bouchard Aine & Fils house spotlight
Boisset Collection, the parent house, presents Bouchard Aine & Fils: founded in Beaune in 1750, still the Burgundy name on a Vin de France Chardonnay.
2024 Bouchard Aine & Fils Heritage du Conseiller Chardonnay Vin de France
A 90-point Best Buy Chardonnay from a 1750 Beaune house, eleven dollars a bottle.
Heritage du Conseiller honors Paul Bouchard. The 2024 is straw gold, nectarine and acacia, four months on lees, a quarter in wood, now $11 against a $16 SRP.
31% off the supplied street price
A Beaune house at an eleven-dollar Chardonnay price
This is not Bourgogne Blanc. It is a Vin de France Chardonnay from south and west France, finished with a little native-soil fruit, from a house that has worked Beaune since 1750.
The house
Joseph Bouchard founded the firm in Beaune in 1750. Paul Bouchard, the Grand Conseiller, later built the Viticultural School of Beaune.
The wine
Night-harvested Chardonnay, plot by plot, four months on fine lees. A quarter sees wood. Three quarters stay in steel.
The proof
Wine Enthusiast 90 points, Best Buy, November 2025. We sell the glass, not a village name.
The buy
$11 a bottle, $66 for six, $132 for twelve with free shipping. The supplied SRP is $16.
What is $11 Heritage du Conseiller actually buying?
$11 versus the $16 SRP supplied for this promotion is 31 percent off. You are paying for a Beaune name on a southern fruit wine.
At $11 per bottle, the 6-bottle allocation totals $66.
Review Wine-Searcher (opens in a new tab) for listings and Bouchard Aine & Fils (opens in a new tab) for the 2024 sheet. The $16 SRP is supplied for this promotion.
Slash price per bottle, 31 percent under the supplied $16 SRP.
Nectarine, acacia, and a clean steel line
The house writes bright straw, a generous nose of nectarine and acacia, then exotic fruit and a long finale.
A mild winter, spring frost, then rain into early summer. Mildew cut yields. Harvest ran late August into September. The wine keeps freshness by design.
Straw gold. Nectarine, acacia, white blossom, peach, a hint of oak on some lots.
Round and balanced. Four months on lees. One quarter wood, three quarters steel.
Long, clean fruit. Serve 52 to 55 F. Drink now.
Night fruit, short lees, little oak
The house keeps this Chardonnay on fruit. Burgundy oak stories belong to other labels.
Fruit: Chardonnay from south and west France, with a lift from native-region lots. Night harvest to keep freshness.
Cellar: Each plot vinified apart. Four months on fine lees. A quarter under wood, the rest in steel.
Intent: Accessible, not anonymous. Official pairing: salads, grilled meat, fish, and shellfish. Serve 52 to 55 F.
From silk traders to the Grand Conseiller
A Lyon silk family stopped in Beaune in 1750 and stayed.
The Bouchards came from Lyon as silk traders, fell for Beaune, and put their name on the wines in 1750.
Paul Bouchard (1814-1898), the Grand Conseiller, was mayor and counsellor of the Cote d'Or. He founded the Viticultural School of Beaune during phylloxera and made blending a house craft.
Heritage du Conseiller is that tribute: a French Chardonnay with a Beaune name, eleven dollars today.
Chicken in the pan, scallops in the butter
Fresh Chardonnay wants roast bird and sweet shellfish, not a heavy cream stew.
Two plates. One roast chicken. One pan of scallops. Both can take nectarine and a clean acid line.
Chill to 52 to 55 F. No decant. Drink from a white-wine glass.
Roast chicken
Nagi's golden bird, lemon, garlic, pan juices. The classic Chardonnay table.
Why it works: Herb butter and crisp skin match the round fruit without needing oak weight.
View Recipe for Roast Chicken (opens in a new tab)
Pan-seared scallops
Kenji's brown crust, lemon butter. Shellfish and straw-gold Chardonnay, no restaurant wait.
Why it works: Sweet scallop and browned butter echo nectarine while acidity keeps the plate clean.
View Recipe for Pan-Seared Scallops (opens in a new tab)Put eleven-dollar Beaune Chardonnay on the table tonight
This is the bottle that argues for a real French house without a village price.
Nectarine, acacia. 54 F, chicken or scallops.
Six bottles at $66.
Twelve at $132, ships free.
Take the 2024 Heritage du Conseiller home while a 90-point Best Buy still costs eleven dollars.
