Chanson Père et Fils - Corton Vergennes Grand Cru 2016
Burgundy
White
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Drink or Keep
17/20
Bettane & Desseauve
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17,5/20
Jancis Robinson
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92/100
Burghound
"Beautiful body, clean, vigorous, not yet very nuanced but impeccably vinified and aged. Wait at least five years" (Le Guide des Vins Bettane & Desseauve - 2017) This exceptional Grand Cru boasts great structure, amplitude and depth.
Features
Estate
Chanson Père et Fils
Cuvée
Vergennes Grand Cru
Vintage
2016
Designation
Corton Vergennes Grand Cru
Region
Burgundy
Grape varieties
100% Chardonnay
Terroirs
Very stony clay-limestone soils. Along with the Hospices de Beaune, Chanson is the main owner of this small vineyard located on an east-facing hillside of Corton.
Viticulture
Selection of plots, ploughing of soils for deep rooting and terroir typicity, short pruning, disbudding, reduced yields
Harvest
At optimum maturity
Winemaking
Gentle pressing, vinification and barrel ageing
Breeding
12 to 14 months in barrels with a moderate proportion of new wood
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Beautiful pale gold color with emerald hues
Nose
Floral with citrus notes and a fine minerality
Mouth
A clean, bright attack that leads to great structure and amplitude, with great depth and salinity.
Serve
AT 10-12°C
Drink before
2027
Food and wine pairing
Sublimates seafood, foie gras, fish in sauce or lobster. It goes particularly well with cheese.
Song Father and Son
Corton
Expert opinion
Bettane & Desseauve
Rated 17/20 (Reference wine)
Domaine rated (guide 2022) 4*Stars (Top-quality producers, the glories of French winegrowing)
About the wine:
Beautiful body, clean, vigorous, not yet very nuanced but impeccably vinified and aged. Wait at least five years.
About the domain :
Founded in 1750 by Simon Verry and acquired by the Bollinger group in the late 1990s, Beaune's oldest wine house owns 45 hectares of vineyards in the benchmark crus of both côtes. Negociant reds are essentially made from purchased grapes, vinified by the house to preserve the unity of style with the estate. Brilliantly led technically by Jean-Pierre Confuron (since 2001), this estate has become a model of viticulture, with the introduction of ploughing, the abandonment of soil amendments, and the adoption of organic viticulture. The wines of Chanson preserve a very high proportion of stalks in both white and red vinification. The watchword is balanced tension. The whites are bottled with a maximum of lees to guarantee a reducing aspect throughout the 14 to 20 months of barrel ageing (20% new wood). The reds, whose Pinot maturity is pushed to the optimum, preserve a vibrant tannic and acidic structure and are adorned with fleshy fruit and underlying notes of sweet spices and licorice. Wines that deserve a few years of patience in both colors.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Domaine rated (guide 2022) 2*Stars (These great estates, often endowed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves which, thanks to their consistency and the excellence of their production, must be included in the cellars of discerning wine lovers).
About the domain :
Founded in 1750 and owned by Bollinger since 1999, this classic Beaune house has now fully found its feet and its style. It competes with the best thanks to its precise, pure white and red wines. Vincent Avenel has taken over the reins of the house from Gilles de Courcel, who is responsible for its revitalization. A state-of-the-art cuverie and Jean-Pierre Confuron's pertinent advice, both in the vineyard and in winemaking, until June 2020, explain the clear expression of the domaine's wide range until the 2019 vintage, a vintage in which we perceive fine ageing on certain cuvées, a tone below previous vintages. We'll wait to taste the 2020s in bottle to judge whether this great house is moving in the right direction with its new team.
Burghound
Rated 92/100
Jancis Robinson
Rated 17.5/20
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