2018 Corton Les Marechaudes

The 2018 Corton Les Maréchaudes Grand Cru has retained the exquisite, crystalline nose that I noted from barrel, featuring pixelated red fruit that seems to glisten. The palate is medium-bodied, crisp and focused, with fine tannins, lightly spiced red berry fruit and graphite toward the finish. Not enormous depth here, but it feels so energetic and tensile that it positively enlivens the senses. Give this two or three more years’ slumber in the cellar. Superb.

The 2018 Corton Les Maréchaudes Grand Cru comes from a single 0.39-hectare parcel of 35-year-old vines and is matured in 20–30% new oak. Clean and precise on the nose, it offers crystalline red currant and cranberry fruit with a discreet mineralité. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and lovely sapidity. A Corton that gets the saliva flowing. The finish has a subtle marine influence with a tang of Japanese nori on the aftertaste. A Corton with elegance.

The 2018 Corton Les Maréchaudes Grand Cru has turned out beautifully, wafting from the glass with notes of sweet red berries, dark chocolate, peonies and spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and elegantly muscular, it's broad-shouldered and lively, concluding with a bright, nicely defined finish.