2007 | Domaine Bonneau du Martray | Corton Charlemagne For Cheap

2007 | Domaine Bonneau du Martray | Corton Charlemagne

White Wine: 2007 | Domaine Bonneau du Martray | Corton Charlemagne

Pure and high-toned nose that is quite floral with a pronounced citrus influence to the green apple and wet stone notes that border on a mineral-reduction character. The detailed and equally pure mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors possess a cuts-like-a-knife linearity on the bone dry and palate staining finish.

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Producer: Domaine Bonneau du Martray

Ratings: JG | 94  WA | 94

Vintage: 2007

Size: 750ml

ABV: 13.5%

Varietal: Chardonnay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Detailed Description

Pure and high-toned nose that is quite floral with a pronounced citrus influence to the green apple and wet stone notes that border on a mineral-reduction character. The detailed and equally pure mineral-driven medium-bodied flavors possess a cuts-like-a-knife linearity on the bone dry and palate staining finish.

Reviews:

• John Gilman: The 2007 Corton-Charlemagne is showing beautifully for such a young wine, as it offers up a lovely mélange of apple, lemon, pink grapefruit, stony, chalky soil tones, spring flowers and a touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, brisk and focused, with a rock solid core of fruit, impeccable focus and balance and a very long, snappy and soil-driven finish. A great young vintage of Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlie.

• Wine Advocate: De la Moriniere is always at pains to caution that his white “shuts down” for several years soon after bottling, but in that case I must have tasted his 2007 Corton-Charlemagne before that happened. Cooling herbal, restrained floral and bitter-sweet hints of black currant and citrus rind on the nose lead to a luscious tide of ripe yellow plum, white peach, lime, and grapefruit tinged with chalk, salt, and iodine. A silken texture in no way diminishes the impression of clarity and refreshment. Faintly honeyed and nut oil notes add a sense of richness and depth in a finish of utmost purity of refreshing fruit; clarity to mineral nuances; and vibratory energy. When one compares the 2006 side-by-side today, the latter does indeed show a more overt stoniness and – for all of its textural richness and additional amplitude – suffers slightly in comparison with such fresh fruit vivacity as accrues to the 2007. But either of these contrasting reflections of a great site should be well worth following for more than a decade.

Producer Information

Domaine Bonneau du Martray is a Burgundian wine producer based in Pernand-Vergelesses. Bonneau du Martray is dedicated to the production of two grand crus: Corton and Corton-Charlemagne. It is the only estate in Burgundy to make wines exclusively from Grand Cru vineyards. Estate-owned vineyads are all located in a single parcel on the famous Corton hill. The 23.5 acre (9.5ha) parcel of Chardonnay is the largest single holding in the Grand Cru. This Corton-Charlemagne produced from here by the estate is widely regarded as one of the greatest white wines made from Chardonnay in Burgundy. The other 3.7 acres (1.5ha) plot is planted to Pinot Noir for said Corton. These wines have been domaine bottled since 1969. In the winery, fermentations are seperated according to the vineyard block that the grapes are sourced from. All fermentations are spontaneous with no innoculations or commercial yeasts utilized. Up to 30-percent new oak is for 12 months of barrel maturation prior to a further 6 months of ageing in tanks. Wines are lightly filtered prior to bottling. The domaine was founded by the Bonneau family following the French Revolution, but the vineyards already had a reputation for producing exceptional wines. It is estimated that vines have exsisted here since Roman times and that emperor Charlemagne was a devotee, to the red wines inparticular.