TN: 2002 Vincent Girardin Corton-Charlemagne

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  • 2002 Vincent Girardin Corton-Charlemagne - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (7/31/2009)
    nose: brings the depth that one would expect from a grand cru with beautiful tones of pears, white fruits, baking oils, bits of white florals and a real nice touch of tart green apples and some tones of minerals. Lovely and starts to reveal more as it opens up

taste: great medium/full body with well balanced and classy tones of white fruits, pears, bits of peaches, white florals, peach blossoms, minerals, and some bits of apples. tasty medium+ acidity shows itself, but its not intrusive and is certainly coming across in a drinking stage

overall: this cork was pretty soaked as it was up to 75%, but not really soft, but still a stain level. Nice light gold color, this is certainly on the early stages of its drinking window, but considering how soaked the cork was for such a young white burg, there exists a situation makes this a White burg to drink earlier. Very classy with lots of balance that doesn’t neccessarily jump out of the glass, but more draws you in (93 pts.)

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Keith, took this one and the 05 to a tasting and eveyone loved this one as it was about fruit, while the 05 was very oaky.

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I had the 05 back in early may and teh oak was relatively there for me(and I can usually be very picky about oak). IIRC I decanted the 05 for 2 hours, so that may have helped. My guess is that the oak does integrate over time, but yea, this is all about pure fruit and I’m enjoying it a lot.

Juding off the cork condition, it may be that these corton charlies are best at ~7 and it does seem like it has a good bit to go, but the cork soaking is a bit worrying. The acidity isn’t as cloying as a couple of other 02 GC white burgs that I’ve had, so its probably priced perfectly for what it is

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Hi Keith,

How was the wine on the second day (if you had any left?) I had a lower level Girardin white wine that I suspected of less than ideal storage. Though it did fall off the cliff the 2nd day, upon opening it was really singing.

Karl