92-95 points, Burghound
August 2007
Here the wood is a background nuance if not invisible, highlighting spicy, pure and wonderfully expressive green fruit aromas that are really quite classy while merging into rich, round and stylish medium full flavors brimming with huge amounts of dry extract and an explosive, driving and persistent finish where the wood resurfaces. This is a serious effort but one that is generous and beautifully balanced, which will permit it to age well.
92-95 points, Stephen Tanzer
July 2006
Full, bright yellow. Exotic, superripe aromas of apricot and hazelnut. Creamy-sweet, remarkably deep and harmonious offers a chewy suggestion of extract without coming across as phenolic. Wonderfully rich, ripe and layered for a wine with 13.3% alcohol. Prior to this vintage, Girardin's Quintessence bottling came from vines in Aloxe-Corton. But now it's from this parcel of vines in Pernand, which he purchased in 2005. The vines are up to 70 years old, and in 2005 were harvested until September 30.
93 points, Stephen Tanzer
October 2007
Smoky aromas of flinty silex and chicken broth in an awkward stage. Then sweeter than the basic Corton-Charlemagne bottling, at once more opulent and more closed. Can't match the '06 for grip or class but this boasts superb richness and smoky depth. Today I find this less pristine and less vibrant than the regular bottling, but it's also extremely unevolved, and longer and more powerful on the back end.
94 points, Wine Spectator
September 2007
Powerful, with a cloak of oak spice surrounding a core of lemon and mineral. Very aggressive midpalate.
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