2017 Bouchard Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne Domaine

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  4/18/2024 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 92 Points

  very nice but not worth the money ($211 including tax & shpmt)... was beat our by Alex Gambal St. Aubin "en Remilly" 2019... this had a richness to it that slightly diminished its rating

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  12/3/2023 - TheFoodieTraveler Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Slow-oxed 1-2 hours but still needs more time.

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  7/23/2023 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Recent one off purchase with the express thought of serving to my Burghound sis and CT friend A_M. On the nose and palate, medium to vibrant notes of medium sweet orchard fruit and medium tart orange citrus, rocky minerality, brioche, marzipan, white flowers, moderate amounts of vanilla and oak, and on the pour but burning off thereafter, wet cardboard. Medium gold, medium to full bodied, thick legs. Great complexity and persistence, VG+ intensity. When, at a recent dinner, A_M, who’d sprung for a Puligny, mentioned that he’d not a Corton Charlie, it struck me that it was time to get back on the White Burg horse, after, some years back, being thrown by 2 Vincent Girardin CCs and a Batard from a private purchase that were all premoxed, rare misses for me in such transactions. This came out of the bottle both tight and a bit unbalanced, opening slowly and steadily, showing kaleidoscopically with the combination of varying aeration and temp changes from fridge temp to close to room temp, with the last glass being best at a temp closer to room than cellar temp. Rich and creamy in a way that could almost make this an Aubert spawn (which, parenthetically, now makes sense to me since, 10 days after writing this, I went back and read an interview with Mark Aubert, who mentioned that he prominently uses Corton clones), its chalkiness and minerality keeps it equally anchored on the other side of the pond. Wonderful to sip on its own, it verged on overpowering my lightly seasoned grilled halibut and veggies, staying just on the right side, but would likely find its best match with a richer fish or more of a sauce with this one. Of a bunch of open bottles (no need to call the monitoring authorities, as a couple were partly consumed prior to their respective entries), this was the only bottle finished, and it was quickly polished off (A_M tabbed it the WOTN, with which I concurred, although the Blankiet and Chave were pretty hot on its heels); it would have been interesting to see if it had made it out, how it developed on a second night, because I suspect that this is just hitting its drinking window, which, despite my general skepticism of aging chards, I think could last the better part of a decade. I’ll leave it to others to decide whether, at my purchase price of a bit under a crooked number, around what I paid for an excellent vintage Morlet CdC and considerably more than said Auberts, at least off the carte, this represents value, but any wine at my score here makes me say that for me, at least on this occasion, the answer certainly isn’t a clear no. CT friend CS, whose knowledge of the Burg world runs rings around mine, has written oodles of TNs talking about the variability and fickleness of WBs, particularly due to cork issues, which, at around this price point and the availability of less capricious CA alternatives, brings another element to buying decisions, but when these are right, as this was, it’s a pretty great drink. 96-97++

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  7/21/2023 - magyarsvensk Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Buttery, citrusy, tropical, baking spices. Concentrated starfruit. Lots of palate presence and length. It’s a rich, dense wine almost Rhône-like in style, but plenty drinkable.

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  4/14/2023 - SimonG wrote: 94 Points

  An embarrassment of riches (Noizé and 67PM): Blind. Puligny elegance, but some serious weight here. Pale straw with a fleck of green. Elegant with some richness. Opens to a broader vanilla note. Warming up highlights its youth, but there’s a lot of wine here and it’s very good. ****1/2

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