CORTON CHARLEMAGNE
2016 Grand Cru Henri Boillot
| Grapes | Chardonnay |
| Colour | White |
| Origin | France, Burgundy |
| District | Côte d'Or |
| Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
| Village | Pernand Vergelesses |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| ABV | 13% |
| Vineyard | Corton Charlemagne |
Twelve barrels made from bought in grapes. Wow - this is electrically charged. Seriously intense. Tingles with acidity, but then a weighty streak of riper apple fruit. A gooseberry perk kicks in and then more broad ripe peach. The breadth of fruit is impressive, but is beautifully tempered and ends with finesse and drive. This will benefit from some time. L&S (Oct 2017)
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(100% from Aloxe fruit in Le Charlemagne). A distinctly smoky nose combines notes of mineral-reduction with those of green apples, lavender and spice. The super-intense and well-muscled flavors seem to be built on a firm base of minerality before culminating in an explosively long finish. Note well that like the Montrachet, this presently taciturn effort is very clearly built-to-age and is going to require a minimum of 7 to 8 years of cellaring first and reward far longer. Drinking range: 2031 - Rating: 96 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2018)
Slaty and nutty on the nose, with highly intense cooked apple fruit and very punchy acidity. Potent and powerful, and has the gutsiness to age over a long period. Drinking range: 2018 - 2036 Rating: 17.5++ Richard Hemming MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2018)
(75% new oak; 4.4 grams per liter acidity; from vines in Aloxe, which Boillot picked last in 2016 before starting on Pinot Noir): Bright light-medium yellow. Subtly complex, musky aromas of peach, caraway seed, nutmeg, mace and hazelnutty lees. At once densely packed and penetrating, with a stony citric pungency giving precision to the seamless middle palate and cutting through the wine's texture. Wonderfully pure and energetic for this cuvée, finishing tactile and unflagging, with terrific citrus lift. This has the palate-staining length and structure for a slow and graceful evolution in bottle; it's also the only 2016 here that struck me as tannic, but then classic Corton-Charlemagne typically shows structure more like a red wine. Rating: 93-96 Stephen Tanzer, www.vinousmedia.com (Sept 2017)
Henri Boillot
Henri Boillot complements his domaine wines with a small range of négociant wines of superb quality in very limited quantities. A few of the whites are offered here - an opportunity to buy some of Burgundy's rarest appellations from a top source.
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2020 PERNAND VERGELESSES 1er Cru Sous Frétille Domaine Berthelemot
Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13% White
Chardonnay.
Lots of limestone in the soil. South facing. Slightly more expressive on the nose than the Belles Filles. Hint of reduction. More texture on the palate with a nice line of acidity. Again, more on that citrus fruit spectr...(read more)
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