Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 1999 750ml

Burghound.com, Oct 10, 2002
As de la Morinière suggests, this is a good deal more powerful than the 2000 version but it is not quite as bright or quite as focused. That said, this is a very impressive effort with big, almost massive aromas of earth, ripe green fruits such as apples and pears leading to equally big, powerful flavors that offer great mouthfeel, all of which is underpinned by plenty of minerality and more than adequate buffering acidity. This is extremely long already but this should continue to improve for 7 to 10 years and hold for much longer than that.

Bonneau du Martray is a French wine grower and producer based in Pernand-Vergelesses, in the Cote de Beaune wine-growing region of Burgundy, France.
This is the only estate in Burgundy to exclusively produce wine from Grand cru vineyards.The estate is currently owned and managed by Jean-Charles de la Moriniere who inherited it from his father in 1994. Jean-Charles has been working on moving viticultural management and the care of the vineyard toward a biodynamic philosophy and away from the previous use of herbicides to manage weeds and pests. He has also worked to reduce yields significantly in an effort to improve the intensity and quality of the finished wine.
Only two wines are produced from the vineyard holdings of the domaine: a White Burgundy with Chardonnay grapes and a Red Burgundy with Pinot Noir grapes.
Clive Coates describes Bonneau Du Martray's white Corton-Charlemagne wine as "one of the very greatest in all Burgundy" and Hugh Johnson lists Bonneau du Martray as one of the leading Côte d'Or producers and gives the estate his highest rating of 4 stars indicating "exceptionally fine or great quality, consistent over many vintages".

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