Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1989
- White
- 75 cl
Bottle of Grand Cru Blanc de Bourgogne: Corton Charlemagne, year of birth 1989 - Storage and delivery conditions adapted to an old wine. Grand Vin bourgogne - Manoir de la Bressandière
Bottle of Grand Cru Blanc de Bourgogne: Corton Charlemagne, year of birth 1989 - Storage and delivery conditions adapted to an old wine. Grand Vin bourgogne - Manoir de la Bressandière
Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1989
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
The year 1989 was the year of a very fine vintage in Burgundy.
Bottle of great white wine from birth 1989 available for sale as a gift to a loved one born this year or to enrich a cellar.
For a birthday or a special occasion, the wine shop Le Bourguignon offers you a bottle of white wine from Burgundy appellation Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru from the 1989 vintage. This wine has been kept in the cellar in optimal conditions.
The transport conditions are adapted to the fragility of old wines: packaging protects the wine from shocks and temperature changes.
Appellation
Grand CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
1989Service
14 to 16 degreesCustody potential
Ready to tasteWhen young, Corton-Charlemagne is pale gold in colour with green highlights.
As it ages, the colour shifts towards yellow or amber. The bouquet, delicate in the extreme, features buttery notes of baked apple, citrus fruits, pineapple, lime, bracken, juniper, cinnamon, and flint. Honeyed notes are frequently present. The older vintages (25-30 years) reveal leather and truffle. Both the glass and the palate are filled with its powerful exhalations. Corton- Charlemagne is an astonishing demonstration of what the Chardonnay grape is capable of in terms of richness, power, concentration, distinction and balance. Rarely do we see such a perfect synthesis between grape variety and terroir.
The manner in which Corton-Charlemagne achieves a perfect balance in the mouth between its remarkable acidity and its rounded opulence demands refined and delicate dishes which nonetheless possess real aromatic power.
The natural candidates would include foie gras, whose bitterness would be supported by the wine’s forceful minerality, as well as more conventional classics such as good-quality crustaceans (lobster, crawfish, crab) whose strong but delicate flesh harmonizes with the wine in a spectacular fashion. Poultry or veal in white sauces would also do the wine justice, as would blue cheeses.
Serving temperature: 12 to 14°C.
Situated almost on the border between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, and at altitudes between 280 and 330 metres, much of the Corton- Charlemagne appellation faces south-west (which is uncommon in these parts). The Hill of Corton, high and rounded, has vineyards on three sides corresponding to the three villages of Aloxe-Corton (Climat: Le Charlemagne), Pernand-Vergelesses (Climat: En Charlemagne) and Ladoix-Serrigny (Climats: part or all of Pougets, Corton, Languettes).These vineyards were a gift of the Emperor Charlemagne to the religious community of Saint-Andoche de Saulieu in the year 775. It remained in their possession for a thousand years, and today still celebrates, at least in name, their illustrious benefactor. The appellation is made up of two Climats, Charlemagne and En Charlemagne, plus some neighbouring plots. Unlike the Corton appellation, the name of the Climat is not mentioned on the label. Its Grand Cru appellation dates from July 31, 1937.
The Corton Charlemagne appellation occupies the highest portion of the Hill of Corton where the gradients are steep (20-23%). The hill itself offers an exemplary geological section through the younger (145 million years) Jurassic strata which lie between Ladoix-Serrigny and Meursault. The colour of the clayrich marly soils varies from yellow through ochre to brown. Limestone alternates with marls beneath a thin cover of rendzinas. At mid-slope the mainly red wines of the Corton appellation grow on soils appreciably different in character.
Source : https://www.bourgogne-wines.com
The wines vintage old for sale online are derived from the conservation in good conditions.
They will be shipped in specialized containers, avoiding the shocks and protecting them from the temperature changes.
They will make wonderful gifts year of birth for the birthday of a loved one or for an enlightened amateur of wine.