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  • Country ranking ?

    196
  • Producer ranking ?

    3
  • Decanting time

    -
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Salads

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The Story

The Hill of Corton lies in the midst of a cluster of famous wine-growing villages – Ladoix-Serrigny, Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses and Savigny-lès-Beaune – with, to the north, the southern end of the Côte de Nuits, where vineyards mingle with stone quarries (Comblanchien limestone). The vineyards lie at heights of 250-330 metres and form a kind of amphitheatre not found elsewhere in the Côte. The Hill of Corton produces white Corton-Charle...

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Vintage 2018

Burgundy 2018: An ideal vintage

The 2018 vintage was unanimously greeted with satisfaction from the north of Burgundy to the south. The exceptional weather, especially during the harvest period, made it possible to obtain grapes in perfect health, allowing harvesting for almost an entire month. The first tastings before the Hospices de Beaune wine auction gave a first idea that 2018 will be a truly great year.

The vines had accumulated s...

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The 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, matured in 25–30% new oak, has an extraordinarily complex, almost maze-like bouquet offering scents of crushed limestone, petrichor, mirabelle and fleeting glimpses of peppermint. They all gain momentum with each swirl of the glass. The palate possesss exquisite balance, revealing traces of lime, stem ginger and wild fennel toward the weighty and insistent finish, which fans out as if its life depended on it. Whatever way you look at this, it is magnificent.

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Beaune, Burgundy

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