2015 Corton Clos des Cortons

The 2015 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Cortons Faiveley is going from strength to strength, unfurling in the glass with a lavish bouquet of sweet red berries, cherries, licorice, spices, candied peel, raw cocoa and grilled game bird. On the palate, it's full-bodied, satiny and succulent, with a deep and concentrated core, ripe but abundant tannins and juicy acids, concluding with a pure, elegantly chalky finish. While it will only improve with bottle age, it's showing more of its cards than it did a year ago. (WK)

Impressively deep saturated red. Brooding aromas of black cherry, dark berries, licorice, minerals, rose petal and violet. Hugely rich, chewy wine with compelling sweetness and mineral verve to its flavors of black cherry, licorice and dark chocolate; totally mouthfilling without coming across as heavy, with its incipient soil tones currently masked by totally ripe fruit. A monster of a Burgundy with the thickness and sheer extract to nicely carry its huge, sweet tannins, which saturate the front teeth and sides of the tongue. The finish builds inexorably. Fun to taste now but it would be a crime to drink this wine anytime soon. In fact, it shut down hard in the glass. (ST)