Aloxe Corton, Clos du Chapitre, 1er Cru, 2019
Fine and focused. Suave, predominantly red, berry fruit. Notes of raspberry, strawberry and tayberry. Lifted, crisp and bright with a lovely chalky texture. The more floral, ethereal side of Aloxe with underlying substance. A beauty. The lighter limestone soils of the Clos du Chapitre tend to make for a finer, rounder and fruitier style of Aloxe than the classic vineyards such as Fournières and Vercots.
critic reviews
The 2019 Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru Clos du Chapitre opens in the glass with notes of earthy cherries, burning embers, cassis, black truffle and smoked meats. Medium to full-bodied, deep and elegantly muscular, with a fleshy core of fruit and powdery structuring tannins, this derives from an early-ripening, well-drained site of which Follin is one of only two proprietors.