Chanson Père et Fils - Corton Vergennes Grand Cru 2016
17/20
Bettane & Desseauve
17,5/20
Jancis Robinson
92/100
Burghound
“Full-bodied, clean and vigorous on the palate; 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 offers tremendous structure and beautiful breadth, with great depth.
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Eye
A beautiful pale gold color with emerald hues
Nose
Floral with citrus notes and a lovely mineral note
Palate
A bold and brilliant attack that leads to a very expansive structure and beautiful breadth, with great depth and a lovely brininess
Serve
At 10-12°C
Drink before
2027
Food and Wine Pairings
It will enhance the flavor of seafood, foie gras, fish in sauce, or lobster. It pairs particularly well with cheese.
Bettane & Desseauve
Wine rated 17/20 (Benchmark wine)
Rated estate (2022 guide): 4*Stars (Producers of the very highest quality, the pride of French viticulture)
About the wine:
Full-bodied, clean and robust, not yet very nuanced but impeccably vinified and aged. Wait at least five years.
About the estate:
Founded in 1750 by Simon Verry and acquired by the Bollinger Group in the late 1990s, the oldest of the Beaune houses owns 45 hectares of vineyards located in the premier crus of both slopes. The house’s red wines are primarily made from purchased grapes, vinified by the house to maintain stylistic consistency with the estate. Brilliantly managed from a technical standpoint by Jean-Pierre Confuron (since 2001), this estate has become a model of viticulture, having introduced plowing, eliminated soil amendments, and adopted organic viticulture. Chanson’s wines retain a very high proportion of stems during both white and red vinification. The guiding principle is balance within tension. The whites are transferred to barrels with as much lees as possible to ensure a reductive character throughout their 14- to 20-month aging in barrels (20% new oak). The reds, whose Pinot grapes are brought to optimal ripeness, retain a vibrant structure of tannins and acidity and are characterized by fleshy fruit with underlying notes of sweet spices and licorice. These wines, in both red and white, deserve a few years of patience.
RVF - La Revue du Vin de France / Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France
Rated Estate (2022 Guide) 2*Stars (These exceptional estates, often blessed with fabulous terroirs, are must-haves that, thanks to the consistency and excellence of their wines, deserve a place in the cellars of discerning wine lovers)
About the estate:
Founded in 1750 and owned by Bollinger since 1999, this classic Beaune estate has now fully found its footing and developed its own style. It rivals the best thanks to its precise and pure wines, both white and red. Vincent Avenel has taken the reins of the estate, succeeding Gilles de Courcel, to whom we owe its revitalization. A state-of-the-art winemaking facility and the expert guidance provided through June 2020 by Jean-Pierre Confuron—both in the vineyard and during winemaking—explain the clarity of expression found across the estate’s broad range of wines up through the 2019 vintage, a vintage in which we detect subtle aging notes in certain cuvées, though these are a notch below those of previous vintages. We’ll wait to taste the 2020s in bottle to judge whether this great estate is moving in the right direction with its new team.
Burghound
Wine rated 92/100
Jancis Robinson
Wine rated 17.5/20
Rated "Recommended"
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