Bruno Clair Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2014 750ml

Burghound.com, Mar 02, 2019
A deft applicaiton of wood sets off the ripe and super-fresh aromas of green apple, citrus peel, wet stone and discreet floral nuances. There is excellent size, weight and power to the tautly muscular and broad-shouldered flavors that brim with mouth coating dry extract that also buffers the firm acid spine on the notably dry but not really austere finale. This is very clearly still developing and I would be inclined to allow this another 5ish years which should be just about sufficient for it to arrive at its peak.

Domaine Bruno Clair is a Burgundy producer with vineyards across the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune. The majority of its wines are made from Pinot Noir, but it also makes Chardonnay and Aligoté covering the gamut of regional designations from Bourgogne and villages to premier and grand cru. Its most highly regarded sites are in the grand cru vineyards Bonnes-Mares, Corton-Charlemagne and Chambertin-Clos-de-Bèze.
Named for its founder, Bruno Clair was established in 1979 with plots in Marsannay, Fixin, Savigny-les-Beaune and Morey-Saint-Denis. Bruno is the grandson of Bernard Clair, who established highly regarded Burgundy estate Domaine Clair-Daü in 1919. After Bernard died in the late 1970s, there was conflict over how to divide the estate but, in the 1980s, Bruno took on several more family vineyards including ones in esteemed villages such as Gevrey-Chambertin, Vosne-Romanée and Chambolle-Musigny. The purchase of additional vineyards in the 1990s brought the domaine to 23 hectares (57 acres).

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