Vougeraie, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions earth and tobacco scents open

earth and tobacco scents open up what seems like an early maturing wine for this chateau

An intensely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red/blue fruits

From fully ripe grapes from younger vines and bottled with 75 grams of residual sugar and 7

A more deeply pitched nose reveals notes of dark cherry

The wine was vinified using 75% whole cluster and aged for around 21 months in 50% new French oak barrique and demi-muid and 50% used French barrique

Vougeraie, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions earth and tobacco scents openNoticeable but still discreet wood nuances set off fresh, cool and complex aromas of Granny Smith apples, pear, lavender, white flowers and hints of mineral reduction. There is excellent volume and an intense minerality to the relatively forward and lush broad shouldered flavors that coat the palate with dry extract before culminating in an explosive balanced and strikingly long finish. This has added the depth it was missing from barrel at the time