Burghound Tasting note: Green apple, wood spice and brown butter notes introduce incredibly
intense, huge and very ripe flavors that drive though to an explosive and
palate staining finish. This is a big wine carrying plenty of wood yet
there is a good chance that it will successfully integrate it with a few
years in bottle as there is terrific dry extract here.
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 05
Cool, musky aromas of underripe pineapple, clove, menthol and oak char. Fat, creamy and rich, with intense apple and spice flavors. A very pliant style of Corton-Charlemagne, not at all hard. This is a blend of three parcels, with a piece in Pernand-Vergelesses accounting for 50% of the wine. 91-94 points
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Sep/Oct 06
($101; according
to Girardin, all these '04s were racked without air at the end of
August, 2005, then returned to used barrels with their lees until they
were assembled in tank for three weeks prior to being bottled in March
of 2006, fined but not filtered) Pale yellow. Aromas of mirabelle,
nutmeg, candied ginger, and spicy, vanillin oak. Tight, taut and
penetrating, with a powerful structure and very firm acidity suggesting
that this grand cru will need at least five to seven years of aging.
The '05 version is much easier and sweeter in comparison, but this is
chewy, powerful and gripping, not to mention elegant. Finishes very
long, with notes of mint and wet stone. 93(+?) points
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