Rapet Pere & Fils Aloxe-Corton 2015

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2015

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750ML

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Aloxe-Corton is a terroir wine, powerful, full-bodied, somewhat severe in its youth but with a long aging potential. It presents a garnet color, brilliant and of good intensity. The nose begins to open elegantly with a dominant red fruit, it then rounds off with richness and density. This wine just needs time to soften and reveal itself. Aloxe-Corton is the wine at the end of the meal, it goes very well with the multitude of French cheeses. You can also serve it with game or with meats in sauce such as coq au vin.

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    A complex nose of red and black fruit, liquorice, coniferous forest floor and roast squab is followed by a powerful, structured palate with nice depth, concentration and freshness. This will need some time in the cellar to mellow.

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Rapet Pere & Fils, France
The Rapet family estate has a history going back almost three centuries. A treasured “tastevin” (wine-taster) dating from 1765, on which the family name appears, is carefully kept from generation to generation. Vincent, the grandson of Robert and son of Roland, along with his wife, Sylvette, are now hard at work managing the estate. The Rapet holdings comprise 20 hectares of vines in the villages of Pernand-Vergelesses, Savigny les Beaune, Aloxe Corton and Beaune. Tucked away in the green surroundings of a quiet valley and beginning at the foot of Corton hill, the Pernand-Vergelesses vineyard is located between Côte de Nuits and Côte de Beaune.
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Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”

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Aloxe-Corton Wine

Cote de Beaune, Burgundy

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Prevailing over the charming village of Aloxe, the hill of Corton actually commands the entire appellation. Corton is the only Grand Cru for Pinot Noir in the entire Côte de Beaune. Its Grand Crus red wines can be described simply as “Corton” or Corton hyphenated with other names. These vineyards cover the southeast face of the hill of Corton where soils are rich in red chalk, clay and marl.

Dense and austere when young, the best Corton Pinot Noir will peak in complexity and flavor after about a decade, offering some of the best rewards in cellaring among Côte de Beaune reds. Pommard and Volnay offer similar potential.

The great whites of the village are made within Corton-Charlemagne, a cooler, narrow band of vineyards at the top of the hill that descends west towards the village of Pernand-Vergelesses. Here the thin and white stony soils produce Chardonnay of exceptional character, power and finesse. A minimum of five years in bottle is suggested but some can be amazing long after. Fully half of Aloxe-Corton is considered Grand Cru.

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