2007 Corton-Charlemagne, Henri Boillot (750ml)

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Vintage: 2007
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Corton-Charlemagne
Vineyard:
Designation: Grand Cru
Appellation: Corton-Charlemagne
Producer: Henri Boillot
Varietal: Chardonnay
Type: White
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Sub-Region: Cote de Beaune
Alcohol:

Tasting note: Aromas of lemon, lime, mint and crushed stone. Boasts pure cut for all its subtle sweetness, conveying an almost salty quality to the penetrating flavors of citrus fruits, crushed stone and white truffle. "A bitterness of quality" is the way Boillot described this wine's almost aggressive finishing grip. But there's also an extraordinary whiplash of flavor on the aftertaste, and no lack of fruit sweetness. Still, I give the edge to the Chevalier today. (95+pts ST, International Wine Cellar)

Tasted: Sept./Oct. 2009
Score: 95+
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: Seemingly like all of Boillot's wines in this vintage, a strikingly pure nose of green apple, white flower and spice aromas complements perfectly the delicious, intense and stony flavors that are among the ripest in the range yet remain wonderfully vibrant and gorgeously detailed on the taut, transparent and bone dry finish that bathes the palate in dry extract. This is beautifully balanced and among the best wines of the vintage from Corton. In a word, brilliant. (96pts AM, Burghound)

Tasted: April 1, 2006
Score: 96
Drink: 2017+

Tasting note: Once again we are confronted with the paradox of a 2007 Corton-Charlemagne (here harvested late in the third week of September at 13% natural alcohol) that its producer proffers after the other, far more expensive grand crus. But rather than try to make sense of this situation, I recommend you just try to get hold of some bottles of the wine! The notion of "dynamic interchange" comes up repeatedly in attempting to explain what makes the best 2007 white Burgundies so exciting, and there is no better expression to use here, either. This wine is like a complex and graceful ballet between groups of dancers marked "fruit," "mineral," "floral," and "animal." These players include pear, apricot, and lime; chalk, white pepper, salt crustacean shell reduction, chicken broth, and a carpet of flowers: in short, the usual suspects. And here, too, we have soothing and seductive creaminess combined with refreshment, transparency to nuance, and electric energy (even though soothing seduction is not usually delivered by youthful Corton Charlemagne). This possesses all of these features, but to an exceptional degree, as well as a sense of purity and lift somehow perfectly compatible with detonative finishing intensity. (97pts DS, Wine Advocate)

Tasted: Dec., 2009
Score: 97
Drink: N/A