2023 Domaine Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru

Regular price $775.00

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92-95 Burghound - An attractively fresh and airy nose features smoky notes of mostly Granny Smith apple and citrus along with background hints of crushed fennel and wet stone. There is slightly better volume to the seductively textured medium-bodied flavors that exude evident minerality on the sappy, balanced and firmly structured finale. This is not the densest example of CC you will come across but the length is stunningly good plus, as with all of the upper level wines in the range, it is clearly constructed to age so patience is strongly recommended.

92-94 Wine Advocate - The 2023 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru reveals aromas of sweet citrus fruit, ripe peaches, freshly baked bread, white flowers and struck match. Medium to full-bodied, rich and textural, it's a comparatively broad, unctuous rendition of this cuvée. Pierre-Yves Colin has delivered another successful 2023 vintage, and almost everything I tasted remained un-racked on the lees, undergoing a long élevage in pursuit of more tension and complexity. As ever, picking tends to be on the early side with a view to retaining freshness. As readers may know, Colin's bigger cuvées are crushed and see four-hour press cycles, whereas smaller cuvées aren't crushed but see even longer press cycles lasting five or more hours. Vinification and maturation in barrel, with a heavy emphasis on larger-format barrels, follow. As I've written before, since moving to his new, much colder cellars in Chassagne-Montrachet's "zone artisanale," he finds his wines retain significantly more free sulfur dioxide for any given addition, so a touch less is being used.

91-93 Vinous - The 2023 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has an effervescent bouquet, with just a little reduction and touches of yellow fruit and beeswax. The palate is medium-bodied with a slightly viscous texture, lower acidity than the 2022, fine depth and a lightly spiced finish. The 2023 is a little difficult to read at the moment.

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