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Wine Description
The Story
Legend has it that the Corton hillside was once planted exclusively with red grape variety and that Charlemagne himself had a penchant for these wines. Unfortunately, the red wine left scarlet stains in the Emperor's flowing beard and his wife feared that this would bring shame upon the royal dignity. Charlemagne therefore decided to pull out the red vines and replant the vineyards with white grape variety in order to continue drinking his favourite wine. The Faiveley family purchased this parcel in 1874 along with the Corton "Clos des Cortons Faiveley" Grand Cru Monopole. The two parcels are situated side by side just above Ladoix- Serrigny.
The grapes are harvested and sorted by hand. The musts are extracted using a pneumatic press before being settled. Vinification lasts 4 weeks and takes place in French oak barrels (50-60% of which are new oak) in our cellars at consistent, natural temperatures and hygrometry. The wines are stirred frequently in order to keep the wine in contact with the lees and then aged for 18 months. This enables them to retain excellent tension and aromatic complexity as well as a smooth, delicate palate.
Wine Information
90 years from the peace
Corton-Charlemagne Faiveley 1918
The first world war ended on November 11, 1918. It cost France hugely. The country lost more than 1.3 million men, with three million more wounded. The Germans had destroyed several towns, mines and railways, and agriculture had suffered. The population in Reims dropped from the pre-was 117,000 to 17,000. The price of products and services had risen 400 per cent since the beginning of the war. On the other hand, inflation raised the prices of agricultural products higher than their production cost, which meant that wine growers, among some others, did better than before 1914.
Most Burgundy villages had made it through the war with only reasonable material damage, but there was a great deficit of workers and skills. Despite the difficult times, the rather average harvest of 1918 created a few excellent wines, such as this golden beauty. Outwardly the wine was in good condition, fill level 4 cm and bottled on the estate. Decanted for 25 minutes, retained its best qualities for approximately 20 minutes in the glass.
Deep golden and pure colour. Attractive and open, slightly oaky, but abundantly fruity nose. Very full and masculine wine. A surprisingly multilayered and interesting experience. A touch too acid, but otherwise a very balanced, harmonious wine. The aftertaste could not be described as short, but it was too soft and unnoticeable, perhaps too subtle for an otherwise muscular wine. A good job by a peace-loving people.