Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru Blanc Cuvee Roi Soleil 2018

158th Hospices De Beaune Wine Auction on the 18th November 2018

Vintage Report

2018 is a beautiful vintage for red wines – a year which could have been too much of a good thing, with a risk of over-ripeness. However Ludivine Griveau has judged the picking dates exactly right and she also took the crucial step of employing the sorting tables to eliminate any grapes which were beginning to show signs of shrivelling. The result is a series of fine, perfumed, predominantly red-fruit wines which will be rated as belonging to an exceptional vintage.

This wine has a sunny disposition, the bouquet immediately showing an accessible ripe and rounded character. Clear and bright in colour, the nose has the expected mineral notes and silky fruit typical of Corton-Charlemagne. What seems only medium bodied at first blossoms on the palate with a lovely tensile strength. For the medium term.

Country/Region: France, Côte de Beaune

Grape Variety: 100% Chardonnay

Bottle Size: 750ml