2019 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE Grand Cru Domaine Berthelemot

Grapes	Chardonnay	Colour	White
Origin	France, Burgundy	District	Côte d'Or
Sub-district	Côte de Beaune	Village	Aloxe Corton
Classification	Grand Cru	ABV	13.5%
Vineyard	Corton Charlemagne

Grapes	Chardonnay
Colour	White
Origin	France, Burgundy
District	Côte d'Or
Sub-district	Côte de Beaune
Village	Aloxe Corton
Classification	Grand Cru
ABV	13.5%
Vineyard	Corton Charlemagne

The 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has a fragrant bouquet with orange pith, nectarine, almond and vanilla pod scents gently unfolding with aeration. The palate is well balanced with a pleasing "fatness" on the entry matched by a fine line of acidity. Where it does falter is towards the second half and finish, where it just does not deliver the complexity and tension that I was hoping. Not bad, but could have been better. Drinking range: 2023 - 2033 Rating: 91 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Jan 2021)

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Still very unformed on the nose. Green-fruit flavours dominate and there is not too much evidence of grand cru status at this stage. Grows a bit on the end and there's a rather appealingly juicy saline quality on the very end. Quite long on the finish. And very slightly bitter, and certainly chewy. Drinking range: 2025 - 2034 Rating: 16.5+ Jancis Robinson OBE MW - www.JancisRobinson.com (Jan 2021)

Domaine Berthelemot

Domaine Berthelemot is the creation of Brigitte Berthelemot, who is, by all accounts, something of a tour de force. Brigitte has, in a very short space of time (starting in 2006), knocked together a domaine of 15 hectares, spread over 45 parcels.

The basis of this spread was Domaine Garaudet in Pommard, but then they also took over Domaine Allexant. Charles Allexant was a bouilleur de cru (distiller of marc) who went round the villages plying his trade and who knew the Côte well, and also the vignerons for whom he distilled. In 1957 he bought a first vineyard in Volnay, and others followed, so that he built up a patchwork from Gevrey to the Côte Chalonnaise.

The final piece of the jigsaw was the purchase of Domaine Marey in Pernand.

The whole domaine is worked organically and they are just finishing the conversion so that they will be certified from 2021.

The vinification is overseen by Brigitte's son Thomas, after he worked alongside cellarmaster Marc Cugney (who has now retired) for a number of years. The reds are picked into small cases in which they are transported to the winery - and vinified in stainless steel after a 4 day cold maceration. Extraction is gentle and mostly by remontage. The wines then go into barrel with a maximum of 20% new wood. The whites are pressed, and after a short débourbage, are put in tank, where they begin their fermentation. Once the fermentation is under way, they are moved to barrel, with a maximum of 25% new wood.

The domaine is certified organic since the 2021 vintage

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2020 CORTON CHARLEMAGNE Grand Cru Domaine Berthelemot

Côte d'Or Burgundy France 13% White
Chardonnay.

From four different plots. Quite restrained on the nose. However, there is good concentration of fruit on the palate. Some toasty notes too. Not as powerful as some and perhaps lacking a shade of complexity to push it in...(read more)

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