2014 Corton Charlemagne
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Tasting notes
94+ points. Pale, bright yellow. Reticent nose hints at crushed stone, lemon and nutmeg. Piquant flavors of lemon zest and crushed stone convey an impression of electric energy. Dense and fine-grained but with a weightless quality owing to its powerful stony minerality. The wonderfully tactile, slowly mounting finish displays strong salty extract. Still a baby and almost painfully taut today, but its pungency and echoing length suggest that it will be long-lived. Sep 2016, www.vinous.com, Drink: 2023-2034
Critic scores
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Allen Meadows, Burghound
More reviews and scores
A gentle application of wood frames a cool and airy mix of white orchard fruit, and in particularly green apple, along with the classic white flower, spice and wet stone notes. There is excellent concentration to the overtly powerful medium-bodied plus flavors that possess a suave mouth feel, all wrapped in a precise, energetic and lingering if mildly austere finish. As is usually the case at this early stage, this beauty is a very serious and brooding wine that makes clear that it will not play nice early on so patience required. Jun 2016, www.burghound.com, Drink: 2026+
About the producer
Domaine Faiveley is one of Burgundy’s most important wine producers. The family-owned estate, now in the hands of the seventh generation, is one of the largest in the region, with significant holdings in both the Côte d’Or and the Côte Chalonnaise.