2018 Charlemagne
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The 2018 Le Charlemagne Grand Cru feels rather one-dimensional on the nose and lacks terroir expression. The palate is rounded with Satsuma and peach on the entry, fine acidity, yet simple and missing some tension on the finish. Some oxidation here. Tasted blind at the Burgfest 2018 white tasting.
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Neal Martin
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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Revisited from bottle, the 2018 Charlemagne Grand Cru has turned out nicely, unwinding in the glass with scents of frangipane, fresh pear, Meyer lemon, white flowers and praline. Medium-bodied, delicate and fine-boned, its elegantly textural attack segues into an attractively ample mid-palate that's girdled by bright acids, concluding with an understated but nicely penetrating finish.
The 2018 Charlemagne Grand Cru comes from two parcels in Le Charlemagne, in Aloxe-Corton and En Charlemagne on the Pernand side, picked one week apart since the latter takes longer to ripen. It has an excellent bouquet of intense pressed flowers and chalk-infused citrus fruit. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity, poised and pretty, revealing orange peel and touches of ginger toward the finish. Drink over the next 12–15 years.
About the producer
Based south of Nuits-Saint-Georges in Prémeaux-Prissey, Domaine de la Vougeraie was created in 1999, grouping all of Jean-Claude Boisset’s holdings under one name. The property has a total 40 hectares of vines, with extensive holdings in Vougeot as well as plots in six Grands Crus.