FAIVELEY - Corton Grand cru Clos des Cortons - 2012

FAIVELEY

Corton Grand cru Clos des Cortons 2012

The quality of this wine has skyrocketed over the past few vintages; while it was
always very good, it has now become one of the most consistent performers in the Faiveley portfolio. There is quite a bit of wood influence at present and it fights a bit with the spicy dark berry fruit aromas that exhibit plenty of earth and game
character. The impressively scaled and concentrated broad-shouldered flavors possess an opulent yet entirely serious mouth feel before culminating in a balanced, explosively and tremendously persistent finish. This is a bit woody today yet the
underlying material is such that it seems all but evident that it will successfully integrate the oak in time.

Stephen Tanzer, January 2014


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