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2011 Corton, Les Grèves, Grand Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Pinot Noir
Ready, but will improve
Neal Martin MW
85/100
Product: 20111066986
2011 Corton, Les Grèves, Grand Cru, Domaine des Croix, Burgundy

Description

This displays a greater intensity of colour than La Vigne au Saint. There is an exceptional density of rich red fruit, some almost black cherry notes and a mineral crunch behind. Good, silky and textured tannins befit this style of Corton, which is certainly a muscular wine.
Jasper Morris MW, Berrys' Burgundy Director David Croix has made some very striking wines in 2011. The vineyards have been improving under his care and to begin with, yields dropped as the vines acclimatised to the new regime but now they are where they should be. In the cellar, there is less intervention in the winemaking now, with shorter periods in vat and noticeably gentler extraction. A few more stems are added these days and new wood is used on around 15 to 20% of the wine. David started picking on Monday 30th August.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2011
Alcohol % 13
Maturity Ready, but will improve
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine des Croix

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 85/100
Tasted blind at the Burgundy 2011 horizontal tasting in Beaune. Deep in color, the Corton Grves Grand Cru 11 from David Croix has a compact, slightly pinched bouquet that is nicely defined, though it does not really flow as it should. The palate is balanced but simple: light tannins and crisp acidity, but missing weight and persistence on the no-frills finish. I suspect, given the pedigree of Davids other 11s, that this may be amid an awkward phase and I will seek to retaste it.Neil Martin - 30/11/2014
Neal Martin MW, (Nov 2014)

About this wine

Pinot Noir

Pinot Noir is probably the most frustrating, and at times infuriating, wine grape in the world. However when it is successful, it can produce some of the most sublime wines known to man. This thin-skinned grape which grows in small, tight bunches performs well on well-drained, deepish limestone based subsoils as are found on Burgundy's Côte d'Or. Pinot Noir is more susceptible than other varieties to over cropping - concentration and varietal character disappear rapidly if yields are excessive and yields as little as 25hl/ha are the norm for some climats of the Côte d`Or.
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Domaine des Croix

The former Domaine Duchet in Beaune has been bought by American Roger Forbes and his co-investors, and entrusted to the care of David Croix, the gifted winemaker for Camille Giroud. David, the emerging talent of the year according to Bourgogne Aujourd'hui magazine (issue no. 73) is in complete charge at the domaine, which has been renamed Domaine des Croix. The first vintage, 2005, comprised Corton-Charlemagne, Bourgogne Rouge, Beaune and various Beaune premiers crus from Pertuisots, Cent Vignes, Bressandes and Grèves. The vineyards have been farmed organically since 2008. From 2009 there will be Aloxe-Corton and Corton Grèves. Jasper Morris MW, Burgundy Wine Director and author of the award-winning Inside Burgundy comprehensive handbook.
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