2022 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru

The 2022 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru has a backward nose - it doesn't quite deliver the tropes one expects from this vineyard and has a hard time following the superb Bâtard-Montrachet. Taciturn at the moment. The palate is well-balanced with a citrus-fresh opening, orange zest and traces of mandarin. Fine balance and complexity belatedly arrive towards the finish. Hopefully, the aromatics will become more vocal by the time this is bottled.

- Neal Martin (11/2023)

This has all the racy and stony character of this grand cru site, marrying it to a fabulous elegance that makes this quite full-bodied chardonnay glide over your palate. The great concentration and power are adeptly underplayed, but they drive an extremely long, chalky and saline finish that's totally fascinating. From four plots facing east, ranging from the bottom to the top of the hill. From organically grown grapes. Drinkable now, but best from 2025.

- Stuart Pigott (06/2024)

A whiff of briny oyster shell leads off, with flavors of peach, citronella, white flowers, lemon oil and baking spices. Supple and fluid, this white is approachable now, yet should be even better in a year or two. Shows excellent harmony, finesse and length. Best from 2026 through 2035. 15 cases imported.

- Bruce Sanderson (10/2024)

The 2022 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is brilliant, unfurling in the glass with aromas of citrus zest, white peach, white flowers, fresh mint and wet stones, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and dense, tightly wound palate that's satiny but chiseled, with chalky structuring extract and a long, mineral finish.

- William Kelley (01/2024)