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• peebal wrote: 91 points

  July 9, 2017 - The pedigree and the year show up on the nose with a rush of minerals that are blended with tropical aromas of passion fruit and quince along with a fair dose of vanilla oak. This is about as close as one is likely to get to CA in a grand cru white Burgundy. But lest there be any mistake, this is still Burgundy. This is now 14 years old and it is still holding up just fine. The green/yellow is now starting to show some orangish oxidative tones but my guess is it will hold another five years without improving.
  As far as the flavor profile, a rich attack followed by an ever slightly hollow mid-palate leading to a rich sightly exotic fruit salad profile that is drawn back together quite nicely by a fine streak of acidity that says, yes, this is 2003 and no I'm not typical let alone great Corton Charlemagne but I will remind you that I am still serious wine. The finish, despite all that, is a little clipped. And again, this is all very 2003. But for the $25 I paid for this bottle that initially retailed for $160, this is still a blast. At $160 it would be a disappointment. At $25, this is a seriously fun experiment/experience concerning a year that remains one that I shy away from but am always intrigued to taste. This and other wines like it are why.

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• cephomer Likes this wine: 91 points

  October 31, 2015 - Had this wine a year ago and not as enjoyable today as then. Drank with the Gisondis at Gus's in Harrison. Lovely, toasty nose of tropical fruit, some wood & vanilla on the nose. Medium bodied, not nearly as big or lush as last time. There's some ripe fruit here, but this time I get mostly citrus & minerality. Very different take at this tasting than last year-the wine is more hard-edged, far leaner and earthy than I recall. Nose is by far the most enjoyable aspect of this wine today.

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• cephomer Likes this wine: 94 points

  July 26, 2014 - Drank last nite with several other nice whites. Tropical fruits and some vanilla on the nose. Medium to full bodied, rather lush--no doubt owing to the hot 2003 vintage. Lots of ripe fruit here, but also a nice mineral & earthy quality as well. Nicely balanced and long. Very nice

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• GFischer wrote: 93 points

  September 20, 2013 - In the nose citrus, vivid, fresh acidity, butter, toast, hawthorn, wine yeast. On the palate very present, caramel, butter, honey, quince, citrus oil, full bodied. Impressive. Long fine finsh, impressive. Very exciting wine and ...... my wife was excited, too.

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• clayfu wrote: 90 points

  May 22, 2011 - High toned flavors that became slightly flat on the mid palate but with a very high concentration of minerality and acidity on the finish. There was a touch of wood on the initial entry. I'm hoping that the mid palate fill in as the years go by as if not for the flat mid palate it would have been a very nice white.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2003
• Type White
• Producer Henri Boillot
• Varietal Chardonnay
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Burgundy
• SubRegion Côte de Beaune
• Appellation Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

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