2020 Corton Charlemagne
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Tasting notes
Boillot’s Corton is a highlight of the range at this classy address. It’s a wine of incredible intensity, power and length. It’s tightly coiled now – with layers of lemon and lime ready to burst with time in bottle. Acidity drives through the palate, complemented by a wave of chalky minerality that washes over the fruit, utterly mouth-watering and moreish. Stunning.
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Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy
Neal Martin, Vinous
More reviews and scores
Mid yellow. Some oak, a little bit of fruit weight, fruit salad style but here there are the proper Corton-Charlemagne stones beneath. There is some tension at the back of the palate which augurs quite well. This wine is growing in the glass. Blanched almonds.
The 2020 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has an attractive bouquet with melted candle wax, yellow plum and lanolin aromas. I appreciate the typicité in this Corton Charlemagne, and it is well-defined. It's one of the most intellectual aromatics that you have to sit and ponder. The palate is taut and fresh. There's a clever reduction at play here, tensile with a judicious pinch of ginger. This feels animated and supremely well-focused on the finish. Overall, the 2020 is an accomplished and satisfying Corton-Charlemagne. Tasted blind at the annual Burgfest tasting.
Purchased grapes, from all three communes of the appellation. Mid lemon yellow colour, a tight nose, harder to assess because served after the Montrachet. Very intense, backward, quite ripe, and the necessary stones do appear in due course, along with the weighty yellow fruit.
About the producer
Based in Meursault and farming some of the finest vineyards in the Côte de Beaune, Henri Boillot is a leading address in Burgundy. He crafts fine Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, but the estate is best known for its flagship monopole vineyard, Puligny-Montrachet Premier Cru Clos de la Mouchère.