Bonneau du Martray Corton Grand Cru 2008 750ml

Burghound.com, May 06, 2011
A notably ripe, earthy and exceptionally fresh nose of cassis and black cherries precedes equally ripe, rich and impressively scaled flavors that are balanced, pure and tight on the moderately austere and impressively long finish that displays noticeable rusticity. This is filled with both plenty of dry extract and energy and you can easily sense the underlying tension and vibrancy running through the wine. Like its 2009 counterpart, this should be terrific in time but note that plenty of it will be required.

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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