CORTON RENARDES GRAND CRU 2018 (Domaine Maillard)
BOURGOGNE - AOP CORTON RENARDES GRAND CRU - RED WINE
Grape variety: Pinot noir (100%)
Ageing in oak barrels for 18 months (75% of new barrels)
- Nose: intense and very elegant. Aromas of red & black fruits, spices, blood orange and violet.
- Palate: juicy with silky tannins. Long aromatic persistence.
Tasting date: April 2023.
OUR OPINION: excellent and powerful vintage! Complex, perfectly balanced, a real little gem!
Other vintage available:
TERROIR
The grapes that make up this wine come from the Corton-Renardes climate, which is located in the northern extension of the Clos du Roi and is east-facing.
The subsoil is made up of a marl-limestone bedrock dating from the Upper Jurassic, more exactly from the Oxfordian stage and whose sedimentation took place between -161 and -155 million years ago, a time when the sea that covered the region gradually began to recede.
This substrate is covered with a clayey surface layer resulting from th of bedrock alteration. Only 50 cm thick, these surface clays are easily penetrated by the vine roots which can then easily reach the underlying and strongly cracked limestone bedrock.
The wines from this hillside are generally full-bodied red wines with a long cellar potential.
WINEGROWING & WINEMAKING
The grapes are harvested manually and only the most beautiful and ripe bunches are kept.
They are then vatted for a 12 to 15 days maceration with temperature control and during which alcoholic fermentation takes place.
One or two punching-down operations are carried out each day to break the marc cap that forms at the tank's top in order to reintegrate it into the must and to ensure optimal extraction of color and aromas.
The must is then racked into vats for a few days to get rid of these coarse lees before being put into 228-liter Burgundy barrels in order to complete its fermentations and mature there for 18 months. 75% of the barrels used for the aging phase are new.
When the ageing phase is over, the must is drawn off and then bottled, it is not fined but just lightly filtered.
| Country | Burgundy |
| Color | Red |
| Orange wines | No |
| Clay amphorae wines | No |
| Type | Dry |
| Classification | Grand Cru |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Capacity | 75 cl |
| Single Grape Variety | Pinot noir |
| Alcohol rate | 13,5 % |
| Quality Designation | Corton-Renardes Grand Cru |
| Cellar Potential | 10 years |
| Service advise | 16°C (65°F). Open 1/2hr before serving. |
| Culture Methods | Traditional |
| Fining | No |
| Filtering | Yes |
| Comments | Ageing for 18 months in 228 l barrels including 75% of new oak barrels. |
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