Corton Charlemagne, Grand Cru, 2021
This is fleshy and full, with lovely sleek fruit, gentle nuttiness and more weight and overt concentration than the Folatieres. A totally different set of dimensions, its Grand Cru status signified more by its depth than its length. Salt and earth and a concentrated richness. Just one single barrel was produced in ’21.
critic reviews
The 2021 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has a pleasingly energetic bouquet with yellow plum and light grapefruit scents. Initially a little leaner in style than its peers, it then bursts forth with more tropical fruit that feels a bit obvious. The thickly textured palate is balanced but overall quite simple considering it is a Grand Cru, lightly spiced with a pretty if smudged finish due to some botrytis. It just doesn't stick in the memory as a Grand Cru ought to. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting.