This solid, satisfying wine boasts ripe pear, apricot and quince fruit aromas, with hints of hawthorn, butter and spice. The texture is almost massive, perhaps just a bit four-square, but it should pick up in elegance as it ages in the bottle. The grapes result from a trade with a friend in Pernand; they are gently pressed and fermented in cask (30% new), where they will stay for 14 months, followed by another four in tank. This majestic wine will open with time; give it seven years before opening, and drink over the next 30. (Drink between 2028-2050). 95 Points
There are five casks this year of this excellent Corton-Charlemagne. The wine is young, perfectly balanced and already quite expressive on the nose, delivering a complex blend of pear, apple, lemon, chalky minerality, crème pâtissière, white flowers and vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, crisp and complex, with a rock solid core of fruit, fine mineral undertow, superb acids and great length and grip on the impeccably balanced finish. This will be a proper long-distance runner, but will probably start to drink very nicely around age seven or eight. (Drink between 2030-2065). 94 Points
