Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2015
Domaine Jacques Prieur
Terroir: The Grand Cru of Corton Charlemagne is the most largest and most northern of Burgundy’s white producing Grand Crus, and the only one north of the town of Beaune. It is also the only Grand Cru that produces both white and red wine. The vineyard is a large hillside, steeply pitched in places, that stretches from the village of Ladoix-Serrigny in the north and wraps around to the village of Pernand-Vergelesses in the south. The tiny hamlet of Aloxe-Corton sits at the base of it’s eastern slopes.
Domaine Jacques Prieur’s parcel of Corton Charlemagne is just 1/2 an acre and sits in the Les Pougets portion of the vineyard almost in the dead center of the hillside. You could easily refer to this parcel as the “sweet-spot” of Corton Charlemagne. Vines are extremely dense with close to 10,000 vines per acre.
Vinification: Grapes are hand harvested, strictly sorted and destemmed. The must will sit on the skins for 24 hours prior to fermentation. The wine ages for 24 months of in oak barrels deep in the cellars of Domaine Jacques Prieur.
Additional Information
2015 Exceptional sunshine!
The year 2015 profited from completely exceptional climatic conditions with surplus sunning, very weak pluviometry and very high temperatures in June and July. The strong luminosity and heat marked this year with accelerated vegetative cycle and certain stages such as flowering at the beginning of June and ripening at the beginning of August were fulgurating.
Harvests at Domaine Jacques Prieur started on 3rd September for Chardonnays and on 7th September for the Pinot Noirs.
2015 can be illustrated as an extremely early vintage and it stands next to 2003, 2007 and 2011.
Yellow gold with scintillating silver reflections. Rich, very complex with a touch of truffle, fresh white ground, flint and of gentian notes on the nose. Embracing with intense mineral notes and beautifully marked sapidity. Very long and salivating on the finish.
Technical Details
- Appellation: Meursault
- Winemaker: Nadine Gublin
- Sustainability: Sustainable Practices
- Soil: Clay
- Vineyard Acreage: .54 acres
- Alcohol: >14%
- Sizes Available: 750ml
- Pack Size: 6/750ml
- Varietals: 100% Chardonnay
Recent Press
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Vinous Author: Stephen Tanzer
Date: Friday, October 6, 2017Pale, bright yellow. Pungent aromas of lemon, anise and saline minerality. Concentrated, chalky, soil-driven wine with penetrating iodiney minerality, subtle floral lift and a sexy menthol note, as well as a captivating sucrosit from the ripe vintage. Firm acidity (the highest of these 2015s at 4.2 grams per liter) and powerful minerality give the finish noteworthy force.Grade: 92-94 Points -
Burghound Author: Allen Meadows
Date: Friday, June 30, 2017This possesses perhaps the freshest nose in the range with its green apple, citrus, floral and wet stone scents. The dense, succulent and extract-rich big-bodied flavors possess evident power and minerality, both of which surfaces on the explosively long finish. This isnt as refined as the Montrachet but it is equally impressive and offers the same extended development potential.Grade: 91-94 Points - Vinous Author: Stephen Tanzer
Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017Pale yellow-green. Alluring white peach and nectarine aromas are lifted by a floral topnote. Then quite taut in the mouth, conveying a distinctly chalky character to its sharply delineated flavors of citrus fruits and white flowers. Very penetrating for a 2015, and the highest of these wines in acidity at 4.2 grams per liter. Finishes with a touch of youthful bitterness.Grade: 92-94 Points
