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.
Botrytis, but clean. I liked this bottle less than others, and it was #3 in the flight for me (81,83,89). We opened a back-up bottle of this later in the dinner, which was much better.
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4/22/2024 - thesternowl wrote: 91 Points
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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1/19/2018 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 91 Points
Pnp. Apricot, peach, grilled nuts, botrytis and rice cracker on the nose. Palate is buttery and rich. A decent corton charlie.
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9/23/2016 - BradE wrote:
Quite good, and I liked the 83 much better than the 85 drunk side by side.
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3/1/2015 - rnellans wrote: 94 Points
Beautiful apple lush. Spice. Sweet finish.rich. Some botrytis. Expansive mid palate. Winner of flight. So different and unique. .
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2/26/2015 - BradE wrote:
Botrytis, but clean. I liked this bottle less than others, and it was #3 in the flight for me (81,83,89). We opened a back-up bottle of this later in the dinner, which was much better.
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