Tasting Notes
Robert Parker 91
The 2011 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is also showing quite well, offering up aromas of citrus zest, pear and white flowers mingled with hints of green pineapple and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and charming, it’s elegantly textural and open knit, with succulent acids and a saline finish. It’s a creditable effort from Bonneau du Martray’s ancien regime, even if it’s surpassed by what’s being made today.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2033
Vinous 94
The 2011 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is just starting to drink well. Fresh and mineral, the 2011 also looks to have plenty of life ahead of it. Chalk, lemon confit and white flowers all grace this open-knit, curvy Charlemagne. The 2011 has really softened in recent years. Time in the glass brings out the layers in this very pretty and expressive Charlemagne from Bonneau du Martray.
Anticipated maturity: 2019-2031
Burghound 91-94
There is a hint of mandarin orange to the otherwise more classic aromas of white peach, green apple and wet stone. The well-detailed and intensely stony medium weight plus flavors possess an excellent sense of underlying tension on the saline-infused, dry and well-balanced finish. I like the mid-palate concentration and while this is already delicious, this is sufficiently serious as to require 8 to 10 years of cellar time.
JancisRobinson.com 16.5
Racked in September. Not intense nose but interesting floral scents. Medium weight and very embryonic. Not immediately obvious as grand cru weight. All very much in waiting. Much more backward than, say, the Drouhin grands crus I tried the day before.
Anticipated maturity: 2016-2024
