Bois de Boursan Chateauneuf du Pape Rhone Wine

Bois de Boursan, Chateauneuf du Pape, Rhone wine producer profile with wine tasting notes, wine ratings, a history of the property, information on wine making and terroir, along with wine tasting reviews and images. If you want to read about other important wineries and wine makers from the Rhone valley:

Bois de Boursan was founded in 1955, thanks to Jean Versino who moved the family from the wine making region of Piedmont in Italy over to Chateauneuf du Pape. Bois de Boursan takes its name from the small area where they are located, which is not far from the Chateauneuf du Pape village.

Like many producers in the Southern Rhone valley, they started off selling their wine in bulk to negociants. At Bois de Boursan, that continued until the some point in the late 1980′s. That changed when the younger, Jean-Paul Versino began managing Bois de Boursan.

One of the interesting aspects of the vineyards belonging to Bois de Boursan is they have 15 different soil types in their 16 hectoliters of vineyards. On average, the vines are a respectable sixty years of age. The wine is aged for two years in old foudres.

Bois de Boursan produces a Chateauneuf du Pape from 65% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre, 15% Syrah and 5% other varieties.  The vines for this wine range from 40-80 years.  Bois de Boursan is aged in large oak casks that were previously used to make beer in the Alsace region.

In 1995, Bois de Boursan produced the first vintage of their special wine, “cuvée des Felix.” In the beginning, the production was quite small, today close to 5,000 bottles are produced. The grapes for this wine consist 5% Grenache, 20% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah and 5% of various types that for the most part, comes from 90 year-old vines with very low yields. The yields can be close to 20 hectoliters per hectare. The is aged in old barrels for for two years.

Bois de Boursan also produces a small amount of Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc.

http://boisdeboursan.perso.sfr.fr/