(93-96 points) Clear bright and pure, supremely elegant but with an excellent core of concentration. First white to be picked. Brilliant intensity, all the stones, quite fat fruit finish, certainly ripe enough, lengthy perfumed finish. Wouldn’t have wanted to leave it later! But I love this.

Etienne de Montille sources his Corton-Charlemagne from a single parcel in the Les Pougets climat in Aloxe-Corton, which was replanted with white grapes in 2006, switching from Pinot Noir. Fermented in one-third new wood, it's a textbook reading of the Grand Cru, with classic understated power, structure and minerality and the promise of more to come in bottle. (Drink between 2023-2032)

(91-94 points) Here too there is an abundance of mineral reduction character to the green fruit, white flower and lemon zest-suffused aromas. The rich and solidly powerful broad-shouldered flavors also brim with minerality and sappy dry extract before concluding in a powerful, bone-dry and very crunchy finish where the saliva-inducing acidity is quite refreshing. This is sufficiently tightly wound to require at least 6 to 8 years of cellaring and 12 to 15 years will be necessary to see it at full maturity.

(91-93 points) The 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru wafts from the glass with notes of citrus oil, fresh pastry, peach and almond paste, followed by a medium to full-bodied, lively and enveloping palate that's quite supple and charming this year. This seems built to drink well in its youth. - WK