CORTON CLOS DU ROI
2006 Grand Cru Domaine Chandon de Briailles
| Grapes | Pinot Noir |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
| Village | Aloxe Corton |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| Vineyard | Corton Clos du Roi |
Intense and tightly-bound, cherries on the nose, mineral taut and tannic on the finish. L&S (Jan 2008)
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Very high, just under Le Corton with very poor soil, white marn, slippery limestone. The vines are 50 years old and yield just 28 hl/ha. The vines are above 300m altitude so the flowering is never that good. It often gets millerandage. 100% whole bunches are used. This will be bottled in May. Intensity perfumed and direct. This is strict, taut, powerful, tight and stony. The tannins are fine but grippy. It is compact and battened down with a sense of leashed vigour. There is excellent depth and the finish is persistent, taut, chalky and powerful. A stately, yet elegant grand cru. Very fine. From 2013/14Sarah Marsh MW, The Burgundy Briefing (Jan 2008)
Domaine Chandon de Briailles
One of the great family domaines of the Côte d'Or, housed in the remarkable manor house at Savigny, with excellent holdings in Savigny itself and in neighbouring Pernand and on the hill of Corton. Organic since 1988 and, now, biodynamic (fully certified by Demeter and Ecocert). It is run by brother and sister François and Claude de Nicolaÿ. As François explains, they do not make 'bêtes de concours' or competition wines, but ones you drink. They have over the last few years progressed the renewal of the barrels of the domaine - there is still very little actual new wood, 5% new wood on the premiers crus, and 10% on the Grands crus, but they have replaced the oldest barrels which they have come to understand did have an effect of closing the wines down.
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