Burgundy 2006: Domaine Bonneau de Martray
The relatively humble house at the top of the village camouflages extensive cellars, perhaps the most complete of any private domaine in the region. From this winery comes one of the world’s greatest white wines, Corton Charlemagne. Carefully sorted fruit is crushed and fermented in cask (a little more than one third new barrels) and aged for a further 20 months. From such an excellent vintage the fruit character is verging on tropical; nectarines and pineapple. This is balanced by a wonderful structure of fresh, citrus acidity and an element of mineral and body emanating from the terroir, the taste of white Burgundy’s promised land.
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Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2006, Bonneau de Martray (6)
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£345.00 |
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Jean-Charles le Bault de la Morinière, whose family is only the third set of owners in over twelve centuries, calls his wine the product of light rather than heat, a consequence of the Domaine’s unique aspect, facing west and south west, that formidably increases the influence of light on the vines particularly in the afternoon and early evening without running the risk of excessive heat.
It is also the only other domaine in Burgundy, apart from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, to produce uniquely Grand Cru wines with the further advantage of its vineyards being sited in a contiguous block stretching between ‘En Charlemagne’, next to Pernand Vergelesses, and ‘Le Charlemagne’, reaching towards Aloxe Corton. This year's offering proffers aching richness, length and concentration with an incomparable finesse and purity. 2011 to 2018.
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