Corton, Les Combes, Grand Cru
Génot Boulanger

Corton, Les Combes, Grand Cru


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
These wines are in stock and are available for delivery at your convenience.


2013
75cl
DP
£106.20

2013
6x75cl
DP
£637.22

2017
75cl
DP
£106.20

2017
6x75cl
DP
£637.22

2017
3x1.5L
DP
£661.22

2018
6x75cl
DP
£637.22

2018
3x1.5L
DP
£661.22

2019
75cl
DP
£106.20

2019
6x75cl
DP
£637.22

2019
3x1.5L
DP
£661.22

2020
6x75cl
DP
£637.22

2020
3x1.5L
DP
£661.22

En primeur

En Primeur
The following wines are either En Primeur or Ex-Chateau and currently abroad awaiting shipment to the UK. These wines are subject to final confirmation from the Justerini & Brooks team.


2022
6x75cl
EP
£550.00


Génot Boulanger, Corton, Les Combes, Grand Cru, 2013

2013

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Génot Boulanger, Corton, Les Combes, Grand Cru, 2013

A more elegant, red-fruited Corton than you would expect. And so much the better for it. Moreish and mouth-watering, lovely small garriguettes strawberry fruit with notes of cherry and flint. Smooth but bright, beautifully textured. Easy to love. A 0.47 ha parcel of 35 year old vines planted in the Les Combe lieu dit, a south west facing site planted on red clay soils.

ABV:
12.5%

specifications

country:
France

region:
Burgundy

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Génot Boulanger

Génot Boulanger

It is not every day we come across a 22ha domaine in Burgundy we have never encountered before that are producing wines of outstanding quality. So we were taken aback during our visit to Genot-Boulanger in Spring 2018, a tasting which proved startling for its consistent brilliance for both white and red wines. The Domaine began its history as the life-long dream of two Parisian pharmacists, Charles-Henri Génot and his wife Marie Boulanger, that was realised when they moved to Meursault and purchased vineyards in Mercurey in 1974. They began to gradually build up the Domaine with further acquisitions in the Côte d'Or including Meursault, Volnay and Chassagne. In 1995 the Domaine expanded again into the Côte de Nuits, Corton and Aloxe-Corton Clos du Chapitre. By 1998 Francois Delaby had inherited 22 prime hectares of vineyard area in Burgundy. He was joined by daughter Aude and son in law Guillaume Lavollée who, in turn, took over the running of the Domaine in 2008, becoming the fourth family generation of the estate's history. Aude and Guillaume were clear on their mission from the off - to produce wines that express the complexity and finesse of their great Burgundian terroirs - recognising the quality of the vineyard to be the most important factor to get right. So they began their tenure by concentrating on viticulture and the health of the soil, starting conversion to organic farming - a process that ended with full certification in 2018. Winemaking follows a non-interventionist approach. For reds whole bunches are included during fermentation to a small degree when appropriate, or equally berries are completely de-stalked depending on the vintage. Fermentations are with indigenous yeasts and extractions are gentle. The wines are aged with 20% new oak barrels for 12 months followed by 6 months ageing in tank. The whites undergo the same process, the only difference being no sulphur is added to them until after malolactic fermentation. Rather like Aude and Guillaume themselves the wines are precise, composed and elegant. These are beautiful, noble burgundies that effortlessly give plenty of pleasure and can be considered among the Côte's greats.

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