Community Tasting Notes (18) Avg Score: 91.8 points

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    2/10/2024 - wrote: 93 Points

    89 & 91 side-by-side (a 90 was sadly corked). The 1991 was the more concentrated and fruit-filled of the two wines but was missing a touch of the fascinating layers and complexity of the 1989. I suspect those may yet come and this vintage still has upside from here.

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    10/12/2019 - wrote: 93 Points

    WOTN at our burgundy groups Corton tasting. Very nicely balanced but still showing the larger “Corton” vibe, with darker fruit and a strong backbone. This was a monster that has softened into a gentle giant. Soft resolved tannin, beautiful tertiary notes of earth and black tea. A wonderful showing tonight but I can imagine this will hold for another 5 years at least.

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    3/25/2018 - wrote: 91 Points

    This wine was much darker and tighter than I had expected, and never loosened up or gave much aromatically elegance or expression over at least three hours in the glasses. A tight core of red and black cherry fruit with some soily earth influence as well as a pinch of dark spice. A nice mineral texture to the palate which remains mostly primary. Structured and firm. Don't have a ton of experience with Corton but imagine this could be revisited in five more years to a more expressive showing.

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    3/9/2017 - wrote: 92 Points

    Zachys La Paulee Auction, Day One (Le Bernardin Prive - New York NY): Served in 89/90/91 vertical, tasted multiple times over 3 hours. Each wine was the favorite of at least two people at our table! Started a little musty, but this nicely freshened and lengthened within 30 minutes. Started as my least favorite of the flight but ended just behind the 1990. Perhaps less classically "Corton" in its structure and concentration, but this represents the 1991 vintage's elegance perfectly.

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    12/8/2016 - wrote: 91 Points

    (Mostly) 90s Burgs in Indy (Vida): Probably the most powerful and structured of all the red Burgs on the table - there's impressive intensity to the array of red and dark fruited flavours, earth, and the other rusty and leathery notes that emerge with more air. It doesn't show the same textural finesse of the other wines on the table with some noticeable grainy tannin on the finish, and I get the impression this still needs a bit more time, even though it's very enjoyable now after a decant.

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  • By Bill Nanson
    7/1/2003, (See more on Burgundy-Report...)

    (Faiveley Joseph Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley) Deep ruby colour almost to the rim. The nose sucks you in with damp soil, marmite, cooked fruits and a 'top-end' of kirsch. In the mouth it's fat and sweet - still with mouth-wrapping tannins. Good acidity too. Medium-plus length. A few more seconds on the finish and I would have said 'superb', now I'll just have to stick with 'almost superb'. Still years ahead of it.

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