Faiveley Corton Clos des Cortons Grand Cru 2002 750ml

Burghound.com, May 19th, 2018
Still deep ruby color. The expressive nose remains cool and fresh with its notes of menthol, wood, red and dark currant and pungent humus-inflected earth scents. The highly energetic broad-shouldered flavors are robust and muscular though not particularly rustic on the mineral-suffused finish that is still quite firm thanks to the somewhat strict tannins. This is a wine where it's not quite accurate to describe it as tough but it would be fair to say that the '02 is not a refined Corton. I would further observe that while it's nowhere near ready, it's also not clear that the fruit is going to outlast the structure. In short, this is presently in a bit of 'no man's land' where it's definitely not ready now but it may not necessarily repay extended keeping either. In short, pessimists will opt to drink this now with food and optimists will settle in for an extended holding period.

Domaine Faiveley is located in France, at the heart of Viticultural Burgundy, between Dijon and Beaune in Nuits-Saint-Georges.
This illustrious company has been based in Nuits St Georges since the days of Pierre Faiveley who founded the business in 1825. His son Joseph gave his name to the family business, to be followed by the first François, Georges who was instrumental in founding the Chevaliers du Tastevin, Guy who developed the business in the Côte Chalonnaise, François who has recently retired and now his son Erwan, born in 1979.
Historically based in the Côte de Nuits capital, the Faiveley family has progressively extended its domaine and today owns vineyards in the finest climats in Burgundy - Gevrey-Chambertin, Pommard, Volnay, Puligny-Montrachet, Mercurey and others. The vineyards are very fragmented. The average surface area per appellation is around just 1 hectare. The number of bottles produced for each wine is therefore very limited.

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