Bouchard Père & Fils Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru 2022

The Bouchard Corton Charlemagne reflects the vintage in an impressive way – it is a powerful wine, impressively substantial, long and almost fat in the mouth. Yet there is also an elegance and finesse to the wine that brings it into dynamic equilibrium, with aromas of ripe apple, apricot and hazelnuts and accents of hawthorn and hay. The grapes come from the domaine’s superb four-hectare holding at the top of the slope, where recent studies with Françoise Vannier confirm 50 – 60 cm of yellow marl and limestone pebbles above the bedrock, explaining the delightful fresh acidity even in a warm year, such as 2022. Drinking window: 2027-2055. Score – 96. (Charles Curtis, MW, decanter.com, Jan. 25, 2024)