1983 Louis Latour Corton-Charlemagne
Community Tasting Note
thesternowl wrote:
Monday, April 22, 2024 - Served around 55°F. The cork looked all kinds of nasty underneath the capsule but I was able to extract it, intact, with the help of a Durand. I then poured the bottle into a decanter about 30min prior to service. At the ripe age of 41, the 1983 pours a deep gold with a transparent core; medium viscosity with some slight signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of baked stone fruits: peach, apricot, marmalade, hazelnuts, baked lemon, and those gummy peach rings. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and the texture is creamy, buttery. I thought this was a lovely, mature Corton Charlemagne and while it is very much alive, its life-force is fading. Drink now.
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Comment posted by KillerJones:
5/3/2024 7:19:00 PM - Utterly amazing! Over 40 years and it still drinks like this...unreal for such a lousy vintage.
Corton Charlie - you make good wine.
Comment posted by thesternowl:
5/4/2024 11:04:00 AM - I expected it to be undrinkable. Instead, I served it double-blind to a couple of Somms and they called Rioja Blanco. Made sense to me. We enjoyed it for what it was at this stage.