2015 Corton, Le Clos du Roi, Grand Cru, Camille Giroud, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
For laying down
Product: 20158023852
Description
From biodynamic grapes, this has a superbly rich, dark colour with an amazing intensity of succulent fruit. Already good at the front, this delivers an extraordinary wealth of fruit right at the back, with a dark fruit note, even some black. This is very long. Drink 2025-2035.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer
David Croix would be happy to see 2015 more often. He began picking his whites early in September and the reds from the 7th through to the last Grand Cru on the 18th. Some areas showed a bit of drought but otherwise it was a textbook growing season. It was still necessary to judge ripeness levels correctly though, opines David. The evidence of this range is that he has done so. Very promising white wines, too.
Jasper Morris MW - Wine Buyer
David Croix would be happy to see 2015 more often. He began picking his whites early in September and the reds from the 7th through to the last Grand Cru on the 18th. Some areas showed a bit of drought but otherwise it was a textbook growing season. It was still necessary to judge ripeness levels correctly though, opines David. The evidence of this range is that he has done so. Very promising white wines, too.
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2015
Alcohol % 14
Maturity For laying down
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Maison Camille Giroud
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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Maison Camille Giroud
Established in 1865, Maison Camille Giroud has a rich heritage rooted in Burgundy’s winemaking tradition. Initially a specialist négociant, they sourced wines from esteemed growers across the renowned Côte d’Or region, ageing them meticulously in their cellars for decades to achieve peak maturity.
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