Corton Charlemagne 2012

Corton Charlemagne / Bonneau du Martray

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Tasting Notes

Bright yellow with green highlights. Explosive aromas of ripe peach, crushed stone, lavender sea salt and spices. Wonderfully rich and broad without any excess weight, with strong acidity and crushed-stone minerality leavening the fine-grained flavors of orange cream and fleur de sel. Best today on the slowly building, refined finish, which leaves the mouth vibrating with stone and white grapefruit. This wine appears to be shutting down in bottle, which de la Morinière notes is typical for his Corton-Charlemagne after a year or so. Outstanding potential here: I may be underrating this wine today. (93+ Points)

Score: 93

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous.com Maturity: 2022-2032 01 September 2015

This is clearly riper than its 2011 counterpart with its well-layered mélange of white orchard fruit aromas, floral notes and wet stone hints. There is excellent density and plenty of punch to the big-bodied and voluminous flavors that enjoy ample mid-palate concentration before culminating in an agreeably dry, clean and impressively long finish. Though quite rich this isn't flabby and I like the refreshing salinity that really comes up on the finale.

Score: 91 - 93

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2019+ 15 June 2014

The sample of 2012 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru was taken from tank. It had been racked in September and was resting on the fine lees and will be racked again in January. The malolactics were delayed and only finished towards the end of August. It has a very subtle bouquet with hints of chalk, gunflint and citrus fruits - almost Chablis-like in terms of delineation and personality. The palate has a marine-influence on the entry, traces of seaweed, plus a tingle of zesty fruit on the side of the mouth. It is tender and airy towards the finish with traces of lemon sherbet lingering long after the wine has departed. The red grand cru is no longer distributed into the United States since the previous importer declined their allocation. Not the greatest business decision since Jean-Charles has pulled it up by the scruff of its neck in recent years by lowering yields and fine-tuning the vinification.

Score: 93 - 95

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2012+ 01 December 2013