Domaine Arnoux - Aloxe-Corton Les Chaillots 2018
2*Étoiles
Hachette
15/20
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
“From the 80 ares planted 35 years ago on this vineyard, an intense ruby-red wine emerges, offering a tangy aroma of blackcurrant and blackberry against a backdrop of elegant oak with hints of cinnamon. On the palate, it is full-bodied, smooth, and balanced, with a lovely texture built around silky tannins and a long finish featuring fruit and licorice. It has aging potential.” (Le Guide Hachette des Vins 2021)
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Eye
Deep, dark color
Nose
A generous bouquet of very pronounced red and black fruits
Palate
It combines density and firmness to produce a wine with beautiful roundness. It retains a certain power and perfect balance, which give it its exceptional richness.
Serve
15–16°C
Open
Let it breathe for an hour beforehand; "wait" for the wine to open up and reveal its full potential
Drink starting at
2023
Drink before
2030
Guard
Fruity when young, it also has excellent aging potential—5 to 10 years, or even longer in great vintages
Food and Wine Pairings
Pairs well with roasted meats or meats in fairly spicy sauces, game, and most cheeses
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui
Wine rated 15/20
Rated winery (2021 guide) Recommended
About the wine:
A juicy style, with vibrant acidity that brings out light notes of strawberry, cherry, and blackcurrant. It displays a beautifully intense mid-palate, with a mineral note on the finish.
About the estate:
The estate has twenty-two hectares of vineyards, including eight hectares of red Chorey and one hectare of white Chorey, with the remainder spread across Savigny, Aloxe-Corton, Beaune, and Pernand-Vergelesses. The entire harvest is bottled. Pascal Arnoux and his wife Caroline are now assisted by their son Jean-Baptiste with winemaking and vineyard work, and by their daughter Audrey with marketing and communications. Since 2014, the estate has had new temperature-controlled stainless-steel tanks to better regulate fermentation temperatures. The soil is plowed, and the grapes are harvested by hand, with a sorting table at the reception area. The white wines are vinified traditionally and then aged for ten months, with 10% in new barrels. The reds undergo a three-week maceration period and are aged for twelve months (10% new oak for village appellations, 20% for premier crus). In some years, the quality of the grapes allows us to keep about 20% of the harvest as whole clusters; “We like a bit of ‘pinot character,’ balance is always important; we want to enhance aromatic complexity while maintaining depth—the tannins must support the wine.”
Guide Hachette des vins
Wine rated (2021 guide) 2*Stars (Outstanding Wine)
Rated Estate (2022 Guide) Award-Winning Wines (This producer's wines regularly receive awards from the guide)
About the wine:
From the 80 ares planted 35 years ago on this vineyard, an intense ruby-red wine emerges, offering a tangy aroma of blackcurrant and blackberry against a backdrop of elegant oak with hints of cinnamon. On the palate, it is full-bodied, smooth, and well-balanced, with a lovely texture built around silky tannins and a long finish featuring fruit and licorice. It has aging potential.
About the estate:
Founded in 1950, this family-run estate, located in Chorey-lès-Beaune, has been led since 2008 by Pascal Arnoux, the third generation of the family to head the estate. The portfolio includes a wide range of Côte de Beaune wines (about twenty appellations spanning more than 20 hectares between Beaune and Corton), which are often featured in these pages.
Wine Spectator
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Wine Spectator)
Wine Enthusiast
Estate rated "Recommended" (Wine producer recommended by Wine Enthusiast)
Customer Rating
3/5
based on 1 review
Review and comment by Mr. JEAN R. Posted on June 20, 2022
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