Edmond Cornu & Fils 'Corton-Bressandes' Grand Cru 2020

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Edmond Cornu & Fils 'Corton-Bressandes' Grand Cru 2020Classified as the only grand cru for red wine in the Cte de Beaune, Corton actually has far more in common with Chambertin than with any other appellation in the Ctean observation first put forth by Jules Lavalle in 1855 and echoed by numerous authorities since. Certainly, Cornus awe inspiring Corton, from a half hectare in the lieu dit of Les Bressandes, is always the most imposing, concentrated, long lasting wine in the cellar. With its massive,

bright fruit

The primary vineyard sources are Les Craies and Mollard in Côte Blonde

” and the wine shows all the clarity and mineral precision we've come to expect and cherish in this domaine's wines

frequent pumpovers extract color and add body

Altenberg is easily capable of 15 or more years of aging

NOAH’s Lessona is 100% Nebbiolo

with a two-week maceration

sandier soils than its counterpart Rocce di Luce

permitting the wines to rest on the fine lies until they are racked when ready for bottling

From a friend’s vineyard in Saint-Chinian in the Languedoc—the same source as the “Rien Que du Carignan” above—Ludovic and Corinne produce tiny quantities of a pure Mourvèdre from vines planted in the mid-2000s

Comprised of 50% each Cabernet Franc and Merlot planted in a 1

meditative notes of tea leaves

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