Peter Maude Fine Wines
2022, Domaine Chandon de Briailles, CORTON, Grand Cru, Blanc
A blend of chardonnay grown in Corton-Bressandes and Corton Chaumes.
Always well balanced with fine acidity, citrus lemon mixed with Clementine and peach notes.
A vague hint of exotic fruit suffuses the nose of melon, citrus confit and white orchard fruit aromas. The bigger-bodied flavours possess excellent volume and mid-palate density along with plenty of sappy dry extract that imparts an attractive texture while also buffering the moderately firm acid spine shaping the tautly muscular and impressively persistent finish where a touch of austerity slowly emerges. This is a powerful yet reasonably refined wine that already possesses excellent depth. One to strongly consider. 93 Burghound (2025)
The 2022 Corton Blanc Grand Cru is three-quarters from "Les Bressandes" and one-quarter from "Corton Chaumes". Funnily enough, de Nicolay's parents were planting this parcel in the 1980s, but the nursery had run out of Pinot Noir, so they planted Chardonnay instead (Good thing they didn't just have Ugni Blanc left on the shelves). Pineapple chunks open the nose—this is ripe and a little exotic, as it usually tends to be. The palate is rounded on the entry with pineapple and yellow plum notes, a bit low in acidity with a slightly honeyed finish. This is an early-drinking Corton Blanc. 89-91 Neal Martin, Vinous (2024)
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2035