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The fruit for this high-class Grand Cru comes from four sources, two by Ladoix with a high clay content, and two in Aloxe Corton which boast a little more limestone. A little less ostentatious than the Maréchaudes, this is noticeably reserved, thanks perhaps to the cooler clay soils. Full of potential, but it will need time before showing all of its colours.
The fruit for this high-class Grand Cru comes from four sources, two by Ladoix with a high clay content, and two in Aloxe Corton which boast a little more limestone. A little less ostentatious than the Maréchaudes, this is noticeably reserved, thanks perhaps to the cooler clay soils. Full of potential, but it will need time before showing all of its colours.
The 2019 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru is deeper in color compared with the Les Maréchaudes. The well-defined bouquet features cranberry and wild strawberry scents intermixed with wilted rose petal and sous-bois, delicate yet paradoxically intense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, and fleshier than the Maréchaudes; the stem addition here seems more enmeshed. Just beautiful. Drink 2023 - 2040
A wonderfully spicy nose also features plenty of floral influence to the liqueur-like aromas of dark raspberry and kirsch. Like the Maréchaudes, this is a wine of textural contrasts as the super-fine mid-palate of the big-bodied flavors contrasts with the sleekly muscular flavors where the intensity really builds to the youthfully austere, superbly long and already highly complex finale. This is compact and backwards but a wine that is also exceptionally promising, provided of course that you have the patience to wait for it to fully blossom. Sweet spot. Drink: 2031+
Four plots, two at each end, closer to the mother rock on the Aloxe side, more iron rich clay at the other end. Claude de Nicolay’s great-great-great aunt sold her farms for vineyards in Corton. Similar full purple in colour, but a much deeper bouquet and typically very smooth and supple in the mouth, before lifting at the finish. Thee is an interesting contrast between the super-ripe fruit and the crispness delivered by the whole bunch approach. Tension at the back, so this should work out very well, I believe. 4 stars
The Grands Crus of Corton, a red made from Pinot Noir, and Corton Charlemagne, a white made from Chardonnay are shared between Aloxe-Corton, Ladoix Serrigny and Pernand Vergelesses. The vines for both are planted on the hillsides underneath the plateau of Corton's woodland forest. The majorityof Pinot Noir is planted in the southern and eastern sector where the soil is naturally rich with red iron clay giving additional body and power. Overall, the wines from these areas tend to be fruit forward and fleshy with a balance of round edges and fine concentration.
