March 10, 2024 - Huge nose of citrus, mixed with almonds, took an hour to open up… Huge concentration of citrus pie, mineral, length of more than 30 sec, I love these aged HB!!
January 20, 2024 - I deeply appreciate the wines of Henri Boillot and I liked this all the same. Toast, white flowers, limestone and lemon curd clearly defined on the bouquet with peaches, red apples, vanilla and orange cittus on the palate. For the vintage I would expect more ripeness and perhaps even flabbiness at this stage but pleasantly surprised that this was still fresh with good tension, no doubt aided by a good amount of minerality and acidity.
January 20, 2024 - Pearl of Burgundy gala dinner: Surprisingly fresh and youthful, no signs of premox here. Love such old-school burgundies - a great wine in its own right but overshadowed by the blockbusters that came before.
December 10, 2023 - Edward broght this btl in my BD dinner. The wine was still very young and could last for a decade.
October 20, 2023 - Thanks Edward brought this for Paul's hot pot dinner. A ripe white of golden yellow colour, pleasent aroma of honey, white flowers, toast, silky palate, good acidity and long palate. A wonderful wine.
September 22, 2023 - Fine boned and complex. Lacks concentration and power.
August 2, 2023 - Radiant, golden color expresses sweet scents of honeysuckle, peach, crème brûlée, roasted golden apple. Spirited but well-proportioned acidity precisely defines flavors of light lemon, apple, mango, and vanilla custard. This is fresh, elegant, and subtle. A perfect accompaniment to triple-cream and similar soft cheeses. Sipping in style.
May 27, 2023 - This was a bit over the place at first, and I was worried about some premox, even though the colour did not indicate this. However, after a few minutes of air it all came together, and was a spectacular Corton-Charlemagne. Still possessing clean cut notes, flavours of honeysuckle burst on the palate with sharp citrus on the finish with an excellent salinity lingering in the mouth.
March 6, 2023 - Pop and pour, overripe and honeyed nose to start, but plenty of acid. I'd be weird if you pulled me out from under a cork after 17 years. With 90 mins of air, things smoothed out. Then it was beautifully balanced between light apple, subtle honey and still plenty of acid. Not an amazing wine, and likely at it's peak, but there was a window where this was lovely and we loved it.
September 13, 2022 - Fantastic … there is concern for premox but this bottle was spot on. Very dry and wonderful even a little petrol on the nose. Super minerality and complexity. It drank much better than the 2010 side by side. Worth the gamble …