Corton Charlemagne 2006

Corton Charlemagne / Coche Dury

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Tasting Notes

A mildly exotic nose offers up notes of spiced apple, mango, wet stone and rose petal that precedes the impressively concentrated big-bodied flavors that possess very solid acid support on the ever-so-mildly toasty and hugely long finish. Compared to the most classically styled vintages this is not really my cup of white burgundy yet from a sheer quality standpoint this is irreproachable. Moreover there is so much dry extract present that this should have no trouble eventually integrating the residual wood. If I was going to choose a vintage among the more recent examples, this is the one that I would choose even though it will continue to age and improve.

Score: 94

Allen Meadows, Burghound Maturity: 2016+ 23 April 2012

From 40 year old vines on the Aloxe side of the cru, Coche’s 2006 Corton-Charlemagne is intensely bitter-sweet and chalky throughout. Black tea, pugent herbs, iris, narcissus, and an alkaline, saline note suggestive of ocean breezes greet the nose. On the palate, this grips with penetrating pungency and tactile stoniness, leaving behind a memorable concentrate of chalk, salts, faintly bitter herbal essences, along with marrow and animal bone reduction. Surely it will go on to further glory in the bottle and should reward 15 or more years’ cellaring. I have not tasted the 2005, a wine that already appears to be legendary.

Score: 95 - 96

David Schildknecht, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com 01 December 2008