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Corton Rouge, Bouchard Père et Fils 2008

RegionBurgundy
Subregion France > Burgundy > Côte de Beaune > Corton
ColourRed
TypeStill
Grape VarietyPinot Noir

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Tasting Notes

The Bouchard 2008 Le Corton offers especially saline and spicy accents to its deep red fruit and raw meat, sirloin juice-like flavors. Cedar, fresh ginger, white pepper, blond tobacco, and vanilla bean all make for a pungent aromatic and palate display, and a rich, almost velvety texture is reconciled with the sort of nearly electric vivacity and finishing resonance of which this vintage is so singularly and memorably capable. “The middle sector of the hillside gives the silkiness and the old vines backbone,” remarks Prost but the young vines and higher elevations, he goes on to explain aid the sense of vivacity. This should prove to be worth following for the better part of two decades. What’s more, it represents amazing value not only for a grand cru but more importantly for a red Burgundy this outstanding.

94
David Schildknecht, RobertParker.com (189), June 2010
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