Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2023
- White
- 75 cl
Limited quantities! Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2023 Domaine Maratray Dubreuil: among the best references in Burgundy
tasting
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2023
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Complex
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Powerful
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Woody
CORTON CHARLEMAGNE 2023 - GRAND CRU BLANC DE BOURGOGNE
When we talk about Corton-Charlemagne, we are talking about one of the best white wines in the world.
This Corton Charlemagne 2023 from the Maratray Dubreuil estate offers all the promises of this Grand Cru Blanc from the Côte de Beaune, with an even more marked note of excellence thanks to a 2023 vintage considered to be of a very good level. The Domaine is one of the most demanding in Burgundy, and this can be felt in the result.
What a pleasure! Rich and concentrated, the wine is at the same time round and supple, fluid but fat, very long in the mouth... In short, an opulent, refined and very expressive wine, a very complete set that only very great wines can manage to master in their entirety.
Obviously a wine that can be kept for a long time, to be reserved for a few more years, knowing that its optimum will be from 10 years of ageing, up to 20 years. But what a success now!
Serving temperature: 11 to 13°
Wine for sale individually. Special transport conditions and precautions for the online sale of Grands Crus wines on Le Bourguignon.fr
food pairing
White Burgundy Wines Round and Powerful: Foie Gras, Creamy Sauce Fish, Grilled Sea fish, Lobsters, lobsters, Cream Poulardes, Civet Volailles, Epoisse, Roquefort, Bleu de Bresse
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Appellation
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Type of Wine
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Wine Making
Oak casks -
Grape Variety
Chardonnay -
Harvest
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Burgundy Region
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Vintage
2023 -
Service
12 to 14 degrees -
Custody potential
2033
appellation
Corton Charlemagne
Characteristics of the wines
Pale gold in its youth and adorned with green reflections, Corton-Charlemagne takes on amber and more yellow nuances with age. Infinitely delicate, its bouquet expresses, in buttery tones, baked apple, citrus, pineapple, lime blossom, fern, juniper, cinnamon and flint. Honeyed notes are frequent. Leather and truffles are an escort to
old vintages (up to 25 to 30 years). The glass and the palate are filled with a powerful breath. With its virulent richness, the Chardonnay surprises here by its concentration, its distinction and its balance. Rarely does the grace of the grape variety establish such a close link with the character of its terroir.
Sommelier's tip
The breath, richness and distinction of Corton-Charlemagne indicate a remarkable acidity, perfectly controlled by a round opulence in the mouth, which should be combined with noble and delicate dishes, but themselves powerful and aromatic. The natural candidates will be foie gras, whose bitterness will be framed by minerality and potency
wine, than, more classically, noble crustaceans, whose delicately strong flesh leads to a spectacular harmony: lobster, lobster, crab... Poultry and veal in white sauce will also do it justice, as will blue cheeses.
Serving temperature: 12 to 14 °C.
Situation
On the border between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, leaning towards this side, between 280 and 330 metres above sea level, the Corton-Charlemagne is largely exposed to the south-west (rare in the Côte). High and rounded on its three wine-growing sides, the Montagne de Corton brings together here the villages of Aloxe-Corton (Le Charlemagne Climate), Pernand-Vergelesses (Charlemagne Climate) and Ladoix-Serrigny (some Climats in whole or in part: Pougets, Corton, Languettes).
This vine was offered by Emperor Charlemagne in 775 to the collegiate church of Saint-Andoche in Saulieu. It will remain in this heritage for a thousand years! Still celebrating the emperor with the flowery beard today, the Corton-Charlemagne brings together the Climats Charlemagne and En Charlemagne as well as a few neighbouring and federated Climats under this banner (the AOC Grand Cru dates from 31 July 1937). Unlike the Corton, the name of the Climat does not appear on the label.
Terroirs
On steep slopes (20 to 23%) and on the highest part of the Montagne de Corton which offers a perfect geological section (younger Jurassic soils between Ladoix-Serrigny and Meursault, 145 million years old), marly soils whose colour varies (yellowish, ochre, brown), rich in clay. Limestone banks alternate with marls under a thin layer of rendzines.
Corton (mainly red) is produced halfway up the hillside on significantly different soils.
List of climats and localities of this appellation
Grands Crus
- Basses Mourottes
- In Charlemagne
- Hautes Mourottes
- The Charlemagne
- Le Corton
- Tabs
- Les Pougets
- The Vixens
Source: Burgundy Wines
Estate
Domaine Maratray-Dubreuil
Located in Ladoix Serrigny in the far north of the Côte de Beaune, Domaine Maratray Dubreuil is one of the most prestigious and consistent estates in this part of Burgundy.
The Domaine has a cultivated surface area of 19 hectares and offers several great village appellations such as Aloxe Corton, Ladoix in red and white, Pernand Vergelesses, Chorey Les Beaune, Savigny Les Beaune, but also premiers Crus and several Grands Crus of Burgundy : Corton (Bressandes, Clos du Roi) and the famous Corton Charlemagne in Grand Cru blanc de Bourgogne.
Particular care is taken at each stage, both for the rigorously cultivated vines, and for the harvest, which is picked by hand and then vinified in the traditional way while taking advantage of the various technological developments, with an ageing in barrels of 12 months for the white wines and 18 months for the red wines.
