2014 Corton Charlemagne
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Fruit from Aloxe. Focused lemon and beeswax on the nose. Super-textural on the palate with huge, mouth-filling weight and chalky texture on the finish. Flavours of salted caramel, baked lemon, custard and beeswax. Long and luxurious. Dec 2015, FINE+RARE
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Neal Martin
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Mineral reduction and lime hints add breadth to the lilac, green apple and tangerine skin-suffused aromas. There is seriously impressive size and weight to the dramatically powerful, rich and concentrated big-bodied flavors that possess obvious muscle and simply fantastic length on the overtly austere, deep and palate staining finish. This is a chiseled and sleekly powerful effort that should also be capable of aging effortlessly for years.
Ineffable high-pitched aromas of lemon zest and silex convey a powerful impression of terroir . Wonderfully juicy and penetrating, conveying great mineral definition and site character but youthfully austere today owing to its bracing acidity. Most impressive today on the racy, extract-rich finish, where lemon, lime and crushed stone flavors build inexorably and leave the taste buds quivering. I may be underestimating this wine's potential longevity.
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.