White Wine from Aloxe Corton

Vinous, 95 points: (92-95) (malo finished): Bright yellow. Candied lime, underripe pineapple and white peach on the nose, complicated by notes of bergamot and crushed stone. Plush and intense but youthfully reserved, conveying savory...

Burghound, 92 points: This possesses the freshest nose in the range with its lightly oak trimmed array of mineral reduction, white orchard fruit, floral and wet stone nuances. There is once again excellent mid-palate concentration to the...

Burghound, 91 points: I often find this wine to be dramatically big and powerful but to lack nuance and grace but in 2004, this is not the case. No, it is not as elegant as the Ile de Vergelesses but apart from that, there is more of...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 points: 97+ Raphel Coche told me that the 2012 Corton Charlemagne was the only vineyard that escaped hail damage this year. It has a very succinct nose, not predisposed to go out and grab you by the lapels. The aromatics unfurl...

Vinous, 96 points: (93-96) Soil-driven aromas of apple, mint, anise and menthol, with complicating notes of fresh herbs and white pepper. Dense, saline and seamless; at once very dry and chewy. Conveys a rare impression of glyceral texture...