TN: 2003 Vincent Girardin Corton-Charlemagne

2003 Vincent Girardin Corton-Charlemagne - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (8/25/2009)
From a half bottle. Cork was soaked about 1/2 way up, but didn’t appear to be leaking through. On opening, this seemed to show some premox, but with a bit of air it gets crisper and cleaner, no premox here. Color is a medium-light straw, there is some apparent oak, but not overwhelming, fairly ripe chardonnay fruit, decent acidity, touch of minerality and stone on the finish. All in all, pretty nice wine, about what one would expect of this producer in this vintage. Could easily pass for a good California Chardonnay, though even in 2003 it probably doesn’t have the ripeness level of a Cali wine. (91 pts.)

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