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This is the Aloxe-Corton Blanc. (@Delectable Wine has misidentified 3 of the last 4 wines I’ve posted, and doesn’t have the actual wine listed when I search. 😠). Entirely from the lieu-dit Les Caillettes. Notes to follow.
OK, I was cooking when I opened it, so let it sit until I was finished stirring the risotto. Good thing I let it sit, because it was giving nothing away initially. As it warms and airs, there are subtle and enticing scents of crushed limestone, straw, apple and almost ripe peach. Silky soft textured, the palate is subtle with light buttery notes, gravel and crushed stone. Some very subtle orchard fruit. Very distinctive. — 3 days ago
A lot of character here for a peripheral village white burg. Nose has melted butter, pear, bright limestone minerality. Nice intensity on entry and nice acids balance. Lacks a bit of depth, perhaps, but lots of value here. — 9 months ago
All of the delicious things in a glass, and I can taste it about half an hour later...must be at its peak in 2016...delightfully honeyed, slight vanilla-infused butter, tropical notes, apricot, Eccles cake. Salted caramel. Fresh, open. — 10 years ago
Just opening the bottle released such beautiful sensual aromas that I wish I could dive it. Cinnamon, cherry and everything good. Settling in to watch a golf match that would have been much better 15 years ago. — 8 years ago
Tom Casagrande
This is the Aloxe-Corton Blanc. (@Delectable Wine has misidentified 3 of the last 4 wines I’ve posted, and doesn’t have the actual wine listed when I search. 😠). Entirely from the lieu-dit Les Caillettes. Notes to follow.
OK, I was cooking when I opened it, so let it sit until I was finished stirring the risotto. Good thing I let it sit, because it was giving nothing away initially. As it warms and airs, there are subtle and enticing scents of crushed limestone, straw, apple and almost ripe peach. Silky soft textured, the palate is subtle with light buttery notes, gravel and crushed stone. Some very subtle orchard fruit. Very distinctive. — 3 days ago