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9.1

The 2020 Corton Grand Cru is well-defined and focused on the nose, with a mélange of red and black fruit. Cedar and tobacco hints emerge with time. It has a soft, rounded entry with lower acidity, quite plush for a Corton, but it doesn't have the structure and precision of the best wines in this flight. Corpulent finish. Drink this over the next 15 years. Tasted blind at the Burgfest tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, October 2024)
— 8 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Flash tasting; no formal notes. The 2018 “Clos du Roy” is a light ruby and showing deeper, darker fruit and more structure than the 2019 “Clos de Chênes” (as it should). Balanced. The finish is also longer and slightly more powerful than the Volnay. Better after 2028 — 2 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.4

Dark red/purple color. Exquisite nose featuring violets/lavender, plum, cassis, menthol and black olives. Dark cherry/plum/currant on the palate with additional notes of tobacco, dried basil and toast. Impeccable balance, nice concentration and perfectly integrated. Long finish and super soft tannins. Great example of an Oakville Cabernet. Fantastic! — 2 years ago

PS Michaels

9.0

Leroux bottling.
— 4 years ago

Jason Brater

8.9

Raspberries and unsweetened cocoa powder. Touch of white pepper and some woody notes. — 6 years ago

with Heather

Peter Slagowitz

9.2

Surprising amount of tannin and sour black cherry is front and center. Delightful and very interning. — 9 years ago

with Nancy

John Giaquinta

9.5

Light ruby red. It took some time for it to open, but when it did we just couldn't stop at one. Red and black cherries on the nose and in the glass you came up with the same flavors and thoughts like - Delicious. Had this with SL and KB.
— 9 years ago

Nikhil Bhat

9.7

Delicious, complex, better as you drink it. W Rebs at lanterna di vittorio in Greenwich village — 9 years ago

Robert Mackie

10

Thanks Pratty - this was a sublime drop! — 9 years ago

with Jono

Linda Hinton

9.7

20 year old Pinot Noir. As it can be. As it should be. — 12 years ago

Matthew Malone

9.5

Romano’s birthday dinner! — 8 months ago

with Nicholas

"Odedi"

9.0

#AgedWineTuesday

Dark golden in color with a brownish hue.

Light nose and very dry on the palate with nice complexity.

Showing lemons, apples, spices, light over ripen citrus fruits, earth, light wood, herbs, light vegetables and white pepper.

Short finish with limes and bitter herbs.

This 28 year old is a little past its prime, but still drinkable and interesting.

I had higher expectations, but at this age, it really depends on the individual bottle. That said, I still enjoyed it.

Needed 30 minutes to open up properly.

Good by itself as a sipping wine.

100% Chardonnay grapes were aged in French oak barrels for 12 months.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$250. — 9 months ago

Michael Greene

9.4

Wet rock. Raspberries. Brilliant now but this will age spectacularly. — 2 years ago

Pierre Gourinchas

9.2

Still a baby but a stunner. Impressive. — 3 years ago

G

9.5

This was good! — 8 years ago

Stephen Blake

9.0

It's got two pintail ducks on the label. What more do you want. — 9 years ago

Justin Timsit, MS

Wine Director, The Rittenhouse

9.4

Great bottle. Showing brooding fruit and classic aged Burgundy truffle aromas coming through strongly. — 9 years ago

Brandon Wright

9.2

Late post and low rating ONLY, and a personal thing, I opened it far too young. It was in a very aggressive phase with young-swelling acidity. Despite it's wonderful aromas and lovely flavors, it needs at least another decade. — 9 years ago

Patrick Quinlan

9.0

Smooth. Fruit forward. Easy to drink. Bright fruits. — 11 years ago

with Katie

Michael VeeEss

9.9

Wow. Plum, hint of citrus, nice and smooth. I like it! My new favorite. — 11 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.3

Faiveley Clos Corton — 8 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

You know you are drinking $400 plus a bottle Grand Cru Burgundy with the first sip. Is it worth it? If you have the money sure but, think you can find very good and near same quality for less money.

Another gorgeous 22. I know someone who has been going to Burgundy as a professional for 40 years that compared the 22 vintage to 59 and that is a huge statement that has the potential in time to prove itself out.

It is magic with the first sip. Perfect ripe and round. It is lush; Granny Smith apples, lime flesh w/ zest, lemon meringue, pineapple, green melon and white stone fruits. Honeysuckle, caramel, white cream froth, sea fossils & spray, beautiful chalky powder, limestone powder, biscuit, just a hint of mint leaf, field of spring flowers, yellow lilies framed in jasmine, perfect rainfall acidity and a round, elegant, lush, well balanced, well knitted finish that lasts minutes and fall on powdery mineral & white spice. — 9 months ago

romo

9.2

Proper Corton — 3 years ago

Andrea Watt

9.6

Beautiful wine. It’s got a bit more mineral than I expected but so many layers that you could just sip it all day. Butter, lemon, smoke and honey, with acacia blossom and powerful acidity. Definitely a show stopper. — 4 years ago

Logan Edwards

9.1

Fresh aroma, mild tannins with a peppery finish. — 8 years ago

Jordi Pazo

8.9

Vila. Cata Corton (Borgoña). 89,90.
06.06.16
— 9 years ago

Stan W

9.2

Dark red mature fruit. Surprisingly lot of life left. — 9 years ago

Robert Harmelin

9.0

Beautiful wine. Lots of fruit great color and nice acid. Should continue to age gracefully — 9 years ago

Patrick Schultz

9.3

Such elegance and structure. Fruit, minerality, and acids all in beautiful harmony. Plenty of life ahead of it. 2004 vintage. — 9 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

Very easy. Not too strong or complex, but nice. And there are tannins. Hints of red fruit. — 11 years ago