Corton-Charlemagne (Réserve du Domaine) 1976
AC Grand cru, Dom. Bonneau du Martray, 750 ml
Description
Citing Robert Parker The Wine Advocate "The 1976 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing brilliantly, unwinding in the glass with notions of lemon curd, saffron, iodine, smoke and beeswax, followed by a medium to full-bodied, satiny and fleshy palate with a taut core of fruit and a racy spine of acidity. Concentrated and intense, it's only as it approaches room temperature that this remarkably youthful white Burgundy begins to show all its potential. Less evolved than the 1973 and 1979, it's a terrific bottle from this brilliant decade chez Bonneau du Martray. Published: Jun 22, 2023"
Attributes
| Grape variety: | Chardonnay |
| Producer: | Domaine Bonneau du Martray |
| Origin: | France / Bourgogne / Côte de Beaune |
| Other vintages: | 2009 |
| Ripening potential: | 3 to 10 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 10 to 12 °C |
| Volume: | 13.5 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Côte de Beaune
Côte de Beaune: guarantor of elegance
The city of Beaune is the cultural and economic centre of Burgundy. The prestigious vineyard sites, stretching in a band from Santenay (located about 20 kilometres south of Beaune) to the village of Aloxe-Corton (five kilometres north of Beaune), form the Côte de Beaune. Legendary, uniquely expressive crus originate here. In fact, the most prestigious Chardonnay growths in the world are produced around Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet and Meursault.
Bourgogne
Burgundy: home of the crus
Burgundy and Bordeaux are France’s most prestigious wine regions. Nonetheless, they are completely distinct in character: while Bordeaux, as the land of the chateaux, enjoys an aristocratic image, Burgundy has retained its rustic agrarian structure. Burgundy stretches for over 200 kilometres, from Dijon in the north to Lyon in the south. In a highly complex jigsaw of the most diverse of terroirs, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir demonstrate the subtle ways in which they embody their sources.
France
France – Philosophy in a bottle
According to French philosophy, wine should be an expression of the soil and climate. They use the word “terroir” to describe this. Terroir makes every wine different, and many especially good. French wine is regarded worldwide as an expression of cultural perfection. The French believe that humans are responsible for the quality of the berries, the vine variety for their character, and nature for the quantity. This philosophy can be expressed succinctly as: “the truth is the vineyard, not the man.”
