2018 Corton Charlemagne
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This top bottling from iconic estate Domaine Jacques Prieur is beautiful. Jacques Prieur has some remarkable vineyard holdings, including this half-acre parcel of Corton Grand Cru. Densely planted, it sits in the heart of the slope producing a concentrated wine. Aged for 24 months in oak, it’s one of the producer’s top wines that is just opening up thanks to the sunny 2018 vintage.
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The 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru was poured after the Chevalier-Montrachet and Montrachet and perhaps does not quite deliver the same details and intellect on the nose. Still, there are attractive peach skin and lemon curd notes, plus a touch of hazelnut and almond surfacing with time. The palate is well balanced with crisp acidity, delivering the weight and rondeur you expect from a Corton-Charlemagne and an almost honeyed texture. Touches of lemongrass appear toward the finish. This is a thoroughly enjoyable Corton-Charlemagne in the making and it will probably need less aging than the aforementioned grand crus.