At the table with Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020
Venison fillet with poivrade sauce, beef Wellington, roast duck with cherries, pigeon with ceps, truffled Brie de Meaux.
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Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020Domaine Simon Gaudet
This Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières is born on the slopes of the hill of Corton, in the north of the Côte de Beaune, where the Corton appellation is the only red grand cru in this area. Domaine Simon Gaudet’s 30-are plot, planted some sixty years ago, thrives on an exceptional soil blending chalky clay and rich marls. This noble terroir yields wines of balance and depth, built for ageing.
To showcase this terroir, winemaking is slow and traditional. After a cold pre-fermentation of about three days, gentle punching down and daily pumping over accompany the alcoholic fermentation. Production remains confidential, limited to four or five barrels a year. The wine is then aged in new oak barrels, to unite finesse and power.
This wine reveals notes of black cherry, blackberry, blackcurrant, peony, liquorice, star anise, mocha, cocoa and graphite. The vibrant garnet-red colour precedes a nose of elegant complexity. On the palate, it is a wine of great density, precise and dynamic, supported by a fine structure and refreshing acidity, with a long, mineral finish.
All about Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020
At what temperature should Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020 be served?
Between 16 and 18 °C. An hour in a decanter helps it open up.
How long can Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020 be kept?
Ageing potential: 10 years or more, until at least 2030. Store the bottle lying down, away from light, at around 12 °C.
Which grapes make up Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020?
Grapes: 100% Pinot Nero. Origin: Burgundy, Francia. Alcohol: 13%.
What to serve with Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020?
Corton Grand Cru Les Grandes Lolières 2020 pairs well with beef, soft cheese and game. Our dish ideas are in the food pairing box at the top of the page.
Where are we traveling?
BurgundyFrancia
Burgundy is a real adventure land for wine lovers! Supported by a predominantly continental climate, Burgundy wines draw their unique character from diverse influences — continental, Mediterranean and oceanic — which intertwine to create a symphony of incomparable flavors. It is this climatic fusion that allows each Burgundy Grand Cru to reveal aromas and flavors that some consider to be the best in the world.
From north to south, each Burgundian wine region, from Chablis to Mâconnais, benefits from its own microclimate. In Chablis, winegrowers combat spring frosts by wrapping the vines in a protective cocoon of frozen water. On the Côte de Nuits and the Côte de Beaune, the hills capture the sunlight, generating hot summers which fill the grapes with sunshine, while the Mâconnais benefits from an almost Mediterranean climate, less prone to frost and drier.
This mix of climatic conditions, combined with a diverse geology with more than 400 different soil types, gives each Burgundy wine its own identity. Each bottle is a story of terroir, a story of land and climate, an invitation to explore the rich wine heritage of Burgundy.
The little history of the country
Francia
The cradle of wine culture in Western Europe, France owes its first vines to the Greeks of Phocaea, who settled around Marseille some twenty-six centuries ago, before the Romans spread viticulture along the Rhône and the Garonne and as far as Champagne. In the Middle Ages, Cistercian and Benedictine monks cleared the slopes of Burgundy and patiently mapped out the climats, laying the foundations of the notion of terroir. The 19th century brought the glory of the classifications, then the disaster of phylloxera, which wiped out the vineyards before they were rebuilt on American rootstocks; the creation of the appellations d'origine contrôlée in the 1930s then set the rules that would inspire the whole world. Today, France vies every year with Italy and Spain for first place in world production by volume and remains the ultimate benchmark of the Old World, as much for its age-worthy wines as for its winemaking models. Vineyards cover almost the entire country, from the cool north of Champagne and Alsace to the Mediterranean shores of Languedoc and Provence, by way of the oceanic climates of Bordeaux, the Loire and the South-West, continental Burgundy, the steep slopes of the northern Rhône and the high-altitude valleys of Savoie and the Jura. This mosaic of soils – limestone, schist, gravel or rounded pebbles – explains the extraordinary diversity of styles. As for grape varieties, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot dominate Bordeaux and produce structured reds, Pinot Noir is the signature of Burgundian finesse, Syrah of the depth of the Rhône, while Grenache, Gamay, Cabernet Franc and Mourvèdre cover every register, from easy-drinking wines to wines for long ageing. Among the whites, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin, Riesling and Viognier offer expressions ranging from lively and mineral to unctuous, all the way to great sweet wines. A land of benchmarks and constant discoveries, France remains the compass for wine lovers the world over.