Wine trading company based in Beaune in Burgundy, France (not to be confused with Bouchard Aîné or Bouchard Finlayson). It was founded by the textile merchant Michel Bouchard in 1731; his son Joseph began acquiring vineyards. The company acted as a wine trading house, négociant and producer.
The vineyards comprised around 130 hectares of vines in the Côte d'Or area in the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits appellations, as well as in many communal appellations such as Aloxe-Corton, Gevrey-Chambertin, Meursault, Montrachet, Nuits-Saint-Georges and Savigny-lès-Beaune. Of these, 12 hectares were classified as Grand Cru and 74 hectares as Premier Cru. There were large shares of the Grands Crus Le Montrachet (1.1 ha) and Chevalier-Montrachet (2.3 ha).
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