Limited quantities! Charlemagne Grand Cru 2020 Domaine de la Vougeraie: among the best references in Burgundy. Organic Wine, Cuvée limited to 3043 bottles.
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Charlemagne Grand Cru 2020
Complex
Powerful
Mineral
Fruity
Woody
When we talk about Corton-Charlemagne, we are talking about one of the best white wines in the world.
This Charlemagne 2020 from Domaine de la Vougeraie offers all the promises of this Grand Cru Blanc from the Côte de Beaune, with an even more marked note of excellence thanks to a 2020 vintage considered to be of very good level. The Domaine is one of the most demanding in Burgundy, and this is reflected in the result.
So much fun! Rich and concentrated, the wine is at the same time round and supple, fluid but fat, very long in the mouth... In short, an opulent, refined and very expressive wine, a very complete set that only very great wines can manage to master in their entirety.
Wine obviously long ageing, to reserve a few more years, knowing that its optimum will be from 10 years of ageing, up to 20 years. But already what a success!
Technical information:
Grape variety : 100% Chardonnay
Planting density: 10,000 vines/ha
Size: Guyot
Horse ploughing
Le Charlemagne
Location: south of the Montagne de Corton. Exposed to the south, it extends in fairly steep slope between 250 and 320 meters above sea level.
Soil and subsoil: soil rich in silica, very calcareous, loamy and very stony (white earth).
Plant material: clonal selection at 40% and mass selection at 60%.
Organic farming since 1998.
In Charlemagne
Soil and subsoil: soil rich in silica, very calcareous, loamy and very stony (white earth).
Plant material: massal selection.
Organic farming: 2012.
Work in the vineyard: ploughing with a horse. Buttage of the vines in winter. Spray of nettle tea and rhubarb, decoction of horsetail and silica, tansy, willow, yarrow. Biodynamic preparations 500 and 501 in late winter and spring, and 501 before flower. Evasivation in spring.
Breeding :
Duration and type: 16 months in barrels and 2 months in stainless steel tanks.
Percentage of new barrels: 28%
Burning: medium heating
Origin of the woods: Cîteaux, Centre France
Number of batonnages: one batonnage per month in rising moon until December.
No racking.
Light bentonite bonding, light filtration.
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Appellation
Grand CruType of Wine
StillWine Making
Oak casksGrape Variety
ChardonnayHarvest
ManualBurgundy Region
Côte de BeauneVintage
2020Service
12 to 14 degreesCustody potential
2032
Characteristics of the wines
Pale gold in its youth and adorned with green reflections, Corton-Charlemagne takes on amber and more yellow nuances with age. Infinitely delicate, its bouquet expresses, in buttery tones, baked apple, citrus, pineapple, lime blossom, fern, juniper, cinnamon and flint. Honeyed notes are frequent. Leather and truffles are an escort to
old vintages (up to 25 to 30 years). The glass and the palate are filled with a powerful breath. With its virulent richness, the Chardonnay surprises here by its concentration, its distinction and its balance. Rarely does the grace of the grape variety establish such a close link with the character of its terroir.
Sommelier's tip
The breath, richness and distinction of Corton-Charlemagne indicate a remarkable acidity, perfectly controlled by a round opulence in the mouth, which should be combined with noble and delicate dishes, but themselves powerful and aromatic. The natural candidates will be foie gras, whose bitterness will be framed by minerality and potency
wine, than, more classically, noble crustaceans, whose delicately strong flesh leads to a spectacular harmony: lobster, lobster, crab... Poultry and veal in white sauce will also do it justice, as will blue cheeses.
Serving temperature: 12 to 14 °C.
Situation
On the border between the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, leaning towards this side, between 280 and 330 metres above sea level, the Corton-Charlemagne is largely exposed to the south-west (rare in the Côte). High and rounded on its three wine-growing sides, the Montagne de Corton brings together here the villages of Aloxe-Corton (Le Charlemagne Climate), Pernand-Vergelesses (Charlemagne Climate) and Ladoix-Serrigny (some Climats in whole or in part: Pougets, Corton, Languettes).
This vine was offered by Emperor Charlemagne in 775 to the collegiate church of Saint-Andoche in Saulieu. It will remain in this heritage for a thousand years! Still celebrating the emperor with the flowery beard today, the Corton-Charlemagne brings together the Climats Charlemagne and En Charlemagne as well as a few neighbouring and federated Climats under this banner (the AOC Grand Cru dates from 31 July 1937). Unlike the Corton, the name of the Climat does not appear on the label.
Terroirs
On steep slopes (20 to 23%) and on the highest part of the Montagne de Corton which offers a perfect geological section (younger Jurassic soils between Ladoix-Serrigny and Meursault, 145 million years old), marly soils whose colour varies (yellowish, ochre, brown), rich in clay. Limestone banks alternate with marls under a thin layer of rendzines.
Corton (mainly red) is produced halfway up the hillside on significantly different soils.
List of climats and localities of this appellation
Source: Burgundy Wines
