• 2012 DRC Corton Prince Florent de Merode.
This was slightly less rewarding than the 2022 Echézeaux we had a couple of months ago, but still a great bottle of wine. For tedious and unimportant reasons, I ended up pairing this with grouper and lobster mashed potatoes — and it worked, much to my surprise. The DRC, it can do anything.
From CT note:
It looks older than it tastes: light red color with the beginnings of transparency at the edges. Sour cherry, cranberry, strawberry on the nose. Some damp and funky sous bois, wet autumn forest like. Something like leather and a touch of an herb that was part mint, part tarragon, and a dose of white pepper too. Very strong chalk/slate minerality that goes all the way right to its very long finish. Copious tannins that still have a way to go before being completely integrated. Decades ahead of it and will definitely improve from here.