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CORTON CHARLEMAGNE GRAND CRU 2013

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2013  

Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes.

The 2013 vintage will likely be remembered as one of the most difficult vintages of this new millennium.

An extremely cold and wet spring season delayed the flowering and, most importantly, extended the flowering process to more than two weeks throughout France. This long period of time brought about varied levels of maturation in the grapes, forcing winegrowers to adapt their work in the vines.

Thankfully, great weather conditions returned by the end of June. The summer was quite warm and dry, which was reassuring and beneficial to the quality and maturation of the grapes; because even if these weather conditions did not allow for the vines to catch up with the delayed flowering, they brought significant taste and density to the fruit.

One very dark date to remember however is July 23, when the most violent hailstorm of these past 30 years pounded on the Côte de Beaune, destroying a large part of the harvest in Pommard, Beaune, Savigny, and Pernand-Vergelesses.

After a fresh and rainy month of September, the vineyards had to face an exceptionally late harvest. The grapes, weakened by the various weather-related events, had to be meticulously sorted. The yields were low, with a volume equal to, and in some cases much lower than that of 2012.

Everything depended on the pace of the harvest, which had to consider the compromise between the good sanitary condition of the grapes and their maturity. Nature left us with a window of opportunity lasting a few days; the best knew how to benefit from this opportunity and vinified some very nice cuvées. By profiting from the low yields they created wonderful wines, especially in the Côte de Nuits. For the whites, the Chardonnay reacted very well and offers quite fragrant cuvées with nice fresh notes of citrus.

The 2013 vintage will thus remain an example of the winemakers' savoir-faire and their fight to face the whims of Mother Nature

Colour: golden yellow color with emerald highlights.
Nose: very nice bouquet, delicate, reminiscent of dried fruits, and just a touch of wood.
Palate: in the mouth, a wine silky, concentrated, ample with subtle peach notes wich bring freshness and a flavor of ripe fruit with a hint of juiciness. A very noble cuvée!

This Grand Cru will be ideal with a dish of Bresse chicken with morels, any grilled white meat, lobster gratin, good quality fish such as Fugu or cod, caviar, truffles or a savory creamy cheese such as the vacherin.

Serve at a temperature of about 14°C.

A Corton Charlemagne needs at least 4 to 8 years of ageing.

The grapes are harvested by hand and after pressing the grapes, a cold settling of 12 hours at 8°C is made. Then the juice was put in 100 % new oak barrels for both fermentation alcoholic and malolactic and aged 16 months without stirring the lees.

The 2013 vintage will likely be remembered as one of the most difficult vintages of this new millennium.

An extremely cold and wet spring season delayed the flowering and, most importantly, extended the flowering process to more than two weeks throughout France. This long period of time brought about varied levels of maturation in the grapes, forcing winegrowers to adapt their work in the vines.

Thankfully, great weather conditions returned by the end of June. The summer was quite warm and dry, which was reassuring and beneficial to the quality and maturation of the grapes; because even if these weather conditions did not allow for the vines to catch up with the delayed flowering, they brought significant taste and density to the fruit.

One very dark date to remember however is July 23, when the most violent hailstorm of these past 30 years pounded on the Côte de Beaune, destroying a large part of the harvest in Pommard, Beaune, Savigny, and Pernand-Vergelesses.

After a fresh and rainy month of September, the vineyards had to face an exceptionally late harvest. The grapes, weakened by the various weather-related events, had to be meticulously sorted. The yields were low, with a volume equal to, and in some cases much lower than that of 2012.

Everything depended on the pace of the harvest, which had to consider the compromise between the good sanitary condition of the grapes and their maturity. Nature left us with a window of opportunity lasting a few days; the best knew how to benefit from this opportunity and vinified some very nice cuvées. By profiting from the low yields they created wonderful wines, especially in the Côte de Nuits. For the whites, the Chardonnay reacted very well and offers quite fragrant cuvées with nice fresh notes of citrus.

The 2013 vintage will thus remain an example of the winemakers' savoir-faire and their fight to face the whims of Mother Nature