This is the parcel that started it all for Bouchard back in 2000; 100% Pinot Noir from a vineyard of the same name in the Côtes des Bars, Les Ursules is raised in stainless and, as with all his other cuvees, sees no dosage. A musky nose of mandarin, pear, smoke and honey roll into an ample, chewy and concentrated mouthful of Champers. Rich, powerful and borderline erotic, dance between the lushness of the Pinot Noir fruit and the inherent tension that characterizes all of these wines is pretty darn dazzling.