Winemaker Notes
Fragrant with aromas of ripe pear, white flowers and wet stones. On the palate there is energy and power with bright acids to shape the intense fruit and earth flavors over the very long finish.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
This concentrated, focused chardonnay is still tightly wound, but the stony minerality builds impressively, and the citrusy vitality gives it an impression of lightness in spite of the abundant power. Be patient until all of this can fully resolve, because the mineral drive in the finish promises great things to come. Drinkable now but best from 2027.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2023 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (Domaine des Héritiers Jadot) is another terrific rendition of this bottling, which might well be the most underrated of the house's grand cru whites. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of citrus oil, confit lemon, petrol, vanilla pod and toasty reduction, it's full-bodied, satiny and rich, with a layered, dense mid-palate and a long, mineral finish.
Barrel Sample: 93-96 -
Decanter
The classic Corton-Charlemagne from Jadot has pronounced aromas of ripe apple, hazelnut and butter. The texture is dense and rich, with enormous extract and balanced acidity. The wine is generous and will end up at nearly 14% alcohol. The grapes are from the domaine-owned plot in the south-facing Les Pougets, next to Le Charlemagne in Aloxe. The richness of this wine will doubtless win some converts, although others will find it slightly heavy.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
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.