An elegant and structured Aloxe-Corton, with aromas of cherry and small red fruits, enhanced by floral and spicy notes. The palate, supple and precise, offers beautiful fine tannins, a pleasant freshness and a persistent finish.
A refined Pinot Noir, ideal with roasted poultry, grilled meats and mature cheeses.
Aloxe Corton red 2023
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
Located in the heart of the Côte de Beaune, Aloxe-Corton is an appellation renowned for its Pinot Noir wines that are both structured, elegant and deeply marked by their terroir. With this 2023 vintage, Domaine Cauvard offers a balanced and refined expression of this emblematic appellation, favouring the purity of the fruit and finesse.
The colour is a deep and luminous ruby. The nose opens with aromas of cherry, raspberry and small red fruits, accompanied by delicate floral and spicy notes. With aeration, fine nuances of undergrowth and liquorice appear.
On the palate, the attack is supple and precise, carried by a beautiful substance and fine tannins. The fruit is expressed with freshness, while a pleasant mineral framework brings balance and length. The finish, elegant and persistent, reveals all the finesse of the Burgundy Pinot Noir.
This wine will go perfectly with roast poultry, veal, grilled meats, stewed beef or aged cheeses.
An elegant and structured Aloxe-Corton, where the fruit, freshness and finesse of the tannins are harmoniously balanced.
Browse through the plot of Vignes d'Aloxe Corton:
Red wine of tannic Burgundy - Corsé: grilled or roasted pork, steaks or ribs of beef, cobblestones and beef steaks, braised beef in sauce, furry game, couscous and tagines, Epoisse
Appellation
VillageType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
Pinot NoirHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
2023Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
2030Degree of alcohol
13,5°
The reds are quite dark in colour, their shades varying from deep rubythrough crimson to garnet. While young, the wine’s aroma suggests a spring garden with small red fruits (raspberry, strawberry) and black fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry). These intensify with age and evolve into peony and jasmine, preserved and brandied fruits, pistachio, prune, leather, truffle, mushroom and cinnamon.
The deep soil begets a vigorous, full-bodied Pinot Noir, robust yet refined. Tender and fruity, this wine reaches its peak after 3 to 5 years in the cellar, revealing a firm and well-built body, richly chewy and with pleasing tannins.
Aloxe-Corton whites are very rare.
The impressive power of the Aloxe-Corton reds demand forceful, aromatic dishes. Their generous and opulent personality softens firmtextured and fibrous meats. Their solid but distinguished tannins are a match for marbled meats and brown sauces. These great red wines go best with rib steaks, braised lamb, and poultry - roasted or glazed.
Ethnic dishes such as couscous with meat or meat tajines also combine
well with this wine, as do soft-centred cheeses such Époisses, Ami du
Chambertin, or Livarot.
Serving temperature: 15 to 16°C.
Linking the Côte de Nuits with the Côte de Beaune, the hill of Corton signals a change in the landscape. Towards Beaune the land becomes more rounded, its sharp contours yielding to gentle valleys. Like its neighbours Ladoix-Serrigny and Pernand-Vergelesses, Aloxe-Corton (pronounced “Alosse”) enjoys a perfect wine-growing location and forms as it were a guard of honour on the approach to the prestigious appellations Grands Crus Corton and Corton-Charlemagne.
The Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée dates back to 1938.
A cross section of the Corton hill reveals a classic geological picture. At altitudes of between 200 and 300 metres, the soil is reddish brown with flint and limestone debris (known as “chaillots”) mixed in, and is rich in potassium and phosphoric acid. The vines face due east. Wines from the Northern end are more tender and fruity while those from the Southern end are firmer and more complex. Pebbly soil favours supple, highly-bred wines, while clay and marl breeds firmness and complexity.
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