2009 Corton Charlemagne

(racked the day before my visit): Palish yellow. High-pitched aromas of elderberry, violet, lavender, linden flower and spices. Youthfully imploded on the palate, with penetrating acidity and powerful chalkiness giving it great inner-mouth tension but making this wine extremely hard to taste. Distinctly salty on the back end. Plenty of ripeness here but totally closed today. This wine did not finish its malo until September of 2010. Hardly your typical 2009, but boasts outstanding potential. Like the Montrachet, this has a structure like a red wine.