Winemaker Notes
Ripe and expressive, showing aromas of apricot, peach, honeysuckle, and subtle vanilla. The palate is dense yet structured, with vibrant acidity supporting layers of stone fruit and pronounced mineral tension. Long, detailed finish.
Professional Ratings
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Jasper Morris
Pale lemon and lime. A delicious perfume on this, with the riper melon and honeysuckle on top of the mineral core. Marvellous elegance behind, with considerable length. Drink from 2029-2036.
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Vinous
The 2023 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, which is two-thirds "Le" and one-third "En" Charlemagne, has an open and expressive bouquet of white peach, orange pith and touches of crushed stone. The palate is well balanced, fresh and lively with a fine bead of acidity and a vivid finish that has real drive. Excellent.
Barrel Sample: 92-94 -
Wine Spectator
Ripe and lively, featuring apricot, peach, honeysuckle, stony mineral and vanilla flavors. This is dense and reserved, with a long, detailed aftertaste and a chalky feel. Best from 2027 through 2039.
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.