Bill Nanson, The Burgundy Report
In Languettes 1.20,ha.
Like all the whites a width of more golden, ripe fruit. Sinuous, beautifully shaped, slowly mouth-watering and very long. I think there’s great potential here but this wine is in the same stage as most of the others…
In Languettes 1.20,ha.Like all the whites a width of more golden, ripe fruit. Sinuous, beautifully shaped, slowly mouth-watering and very long. I think there’s great potential here but this wine is in the same stage as most of the others…
Bichot's Pavillon owns a 1.2-heactre parcel in the Les Languettes sector that averages 40 years in age. This, like all the Pavillon wines, are certified organic. Apple peels and white flowers start the nose, and the palate turns on flavours of fresh pineapple cake and cinnamon. The cury, concentrated palate finishes with buoyant acidic lift. 2023-32. 95 Points
Not at all the austere Corton that the old wine books lead you to expect! Plenty of orange-zest and orange-blossom aromas, but also flinty and earthy notes. Rich and creamy at the front, but then it turns in a much more serious and stony direction. However, even here the structure is wrapped in ripe stone-fruit character. From organically grown grapes from the southeastern side of this famous site. Drink or hold. 96 Points
From Les Languettes. Glowing fresh yellow, with plenty of energy and a light overlay of oak. There’s a lot going on here. Superbly concentrated without being overly weighty, good acidity, this Corton-Charlemagne is in a fairly bombastic rather than lightly stony style. 92-95 Points
