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The March 2020 Auction: Part 3
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Estimate: $700
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93+JG
"The 2001 Corton “Renardes” from Domaine Gaunoux is now into a lovely, autumnal point in its evolution and beginning to show is ultimate shape and style. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a complex mélange of forest floor, cherries, venison, coffee, woodsmoke, lovely soil tones and a topnote of fresh herbs. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a good core, moderate tannins and excellent length and grip on the focused and soil-driven finish. In my experience, this wine is now into its phase where it is defined very strongly by its more autumnal soil elements, and with another five years or so of bottle age, the red fruit will start to rise up again and vie with the soil elements for the guiding role in the wine. It is an outstanding bottle of Corton with years and years of life still ahead of it, but which is already drinking very well indeed."
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"The 2001 Corton “Renardes” from Domaine Gaunoux is now into a lovely, autumnal point in its evolution and beginning to show is ultimate shape and style. The bouquet wafts from the glass in a complex mélange of forest floor, cherries, venison, coffee, woodsmoke, lovely soil tones and a topnote of fresh herbs. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a good core, moderate tannins and excellent length and grip on the focused and soil-driven finish. In my experience, this wine is now into its phase where it is defined very strongly by its more autumnal soil elements, and with another five years or so of bottle age, the red fruit will start to rise up again and vie with the soil elements for the guiding role in the wine. It is an outstanding bottle of Corton with years and years of life still ahead of it, but which is already drinking very well indeed."
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The world's most influential fine-wine producer and the benchmark for Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne and the Rhone. Its appellation (AOC) system codifies geography, grape and method, and its wines set the global standard for age-worthiness and terroir expression.
Produces the world's most revered Pinot Noir and Chardonnay from a mosaic of tiny, terroir-defined climats. Its hierarchy of village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru vineyards makes site the ultimate expression of quality.
Aloxe-Corton is a village AOC in Burgundy's Cote de Beaune, ringing the Corton hill and holding Premier Cru vineyards; it produces mostly firm, structured, earthy Pinot Noir reds built for medium-term aging.
A thin-skinned, terroir-sensitive red producing perfumed, silky and elegant wines of red-berry fruit and earthy complexity. It reaches its apogee in Burgundy.