Corton Charlemagne Bonneau du Martray 2010

Domaine Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne 2010 is a Grand Cru Burgundy white wine from the Corton-Charlemagne appellation of the Côte de Beaune. An architect by training, Jean-Paul Le Bault de Martray has developed an enviable reputation for producing wines with exceptional focus, balance and terroir-transparency. This bottling comes from a single large Chardonnay parcel in the heart of the original Charlemagne vineyards of Corton. "The 2010 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru offers an enticing array of marine scents on the nose. cockle shells and estuarine aromas. Give it a couple more minutes and watch those lovely grilled walnut scents flourish and multiply so that is ends up almost Meursault Perrieres in character. The palate makes an immediate impression on the entry with that subtle nutty theme continuing, partnered with racy acidity, superb concentration and a long, tense finish that is energetic and surfeit with mineralite, flint popping up on the finish. So delicious you could broach a bottle now - but that would be depriving you of what will be in a decade`s time!" Wine Advocate, 2013