Corton Clos des Cortons, Grand Cru, 2012
A 2.8 hectare monopole of Domaine Faiveley, high up on the east-facing side of the hill. This must rank among the very finest Clos des Cortons that Faiveley have produced: rich hedgerow, autumn berry flavours and muscled edgy tannins provide the structure, yet they are amply smothered in dark fruit liqueur characteristics. Big but clear and lively. Excellent.
critic reviews
Medium red. Musky, expressive, very ripe perfume of redcurrant and dried flowers; a real essence of Burgundy, if more floral than stony on the nose in the early going. Classically dry and unforthcoming but quite suave, with technically low yet somehow penetrating acidity and salty crushed-rock minerality framing the flavors of cherry, raspberry and rose petal. Showing limited flesh today but this very dense wine is still an infant. This very firmly built, imploded wine finishes with strong, slightly dusty tannins and terrific subtle length. The Clos des Cortons produced 37 hectoliters per hectare in 2012, which Jérôme Flous described as a nice crop for the vintage. (13.7% alcohol; 3.55 pH; 3.35 g/l acidity; 37 h/h)