Vincent Girardin Corton Charlemagne 2018 |
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Bright yellow. Musky lime and crushed stone on the nose. Rich and full but penetrating as well, offering a bracing combination of acidity and crushed-stone minerality. This tactile, densely packed, lemon-limey wine shows a light touch and finishes salty, dry and very long, with terrific energy and grip. This wine needs time and should enjoy a slow and graceful evolution in bottle, but its impeccable balance should also give it early appeal.
Notes of matchstick, pear, apple and lemongrass make for a pungent nose. The medium weight plus flavors possess more volume but not necessarily better mid-palate density while the much more mineral-inflected finish is also bone dry, overtly austere and moderately rustic. This is definitely old school in style and a wine that is going to require at least some patience.