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Ethereal red berries, minerals & spicy oak. Juicy, spicy & penetrating, conveying a light touch & excellent energy to red fruits, pepper, herbs & licorice. Finishes with firm, ripe tannins & a spicy perfume that leaves the mouth refreshed.
A very fresh and expressive nose... dried flowers, pungent earth, plum, dark berries and plenty of the sauvage... broad-shouldered and muscular... very good volume and ample punch on the complex, balanced and impressively persistent finish.
The palate is clean and fresh. There is something almost "airy" about this Le Corton, with pitch perfect acidity and perhaps more transparency than I have observed in earlier vintages.
Very sweet and almost candified. Relatively light nose compared with the Vosne wines from this hallowed stable. Racy and accomplished... Very elegant and racy. Lots of lift and more class than most Cortons.