TN: 2009 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne

[Jeremy_Holmes]

Thought I’d stay around Corton.

• 2009 Bonneau du Martray Corton-Charlemagne - France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru (9/15/2012)
  Served too cold at first this was quite tight and unyielding. As it approached room temperature there was a whiff of gunflint. Some swirling and coaxing unlocks notes of mint, aniseed, honeysuckle, preserved lemon and spiced pear. It has a rigid minerally spine and is dense and chewy, loaded with sappy orchard fruits. There’s loads of chalky dry extract to the finish and it is extremely long.

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Cheers
Jeremy

Disclaimer: I have sold some of this wine.

[Anthony_Hall]

It needs a sleep in a cold cellar unlike some other 2009 cousins.

[craig_v]

Thanks for the notes. I recently crabbed some 08s. This producer has never disapointed me. Truely Grand Cru.

[alan_weinberg]

the value grand cru for decades for me, though some premox issues w 99 and 96; the wine ages and improves for decades.
Consistently great, reasonably priced, easily available–great wine.
alan

[paul_hanna]

Some of the BdM’s can come on a bit early, despite looking steely and fine in youth (ie the '02). Not sure that this wine may not be a similar…

[Tom_Blach]

@alan weinberg

the value grand cru for decades for me, though some premox issues w 99 and 96; the wine ages and improves for decades.
Consistently great, reasonably priced, easily available–great wine.
alan

I’ve also had premoxed 95 and 2000.

[dteng]

@craig vanderah

Thanks for the notes. I recently crabbed some 08s. This producer has never disapointed me. Truely Grand Cru.

Had the 08 at a restaurant in Kauai last month.
Paid $125 as it was half price Wenesday.
It took the entire dinner for it to open up.

[Jeremy_Holmes]

This wine really tightened and was a block of granite towards the last sip.

I have had oxidation problems with BdM, most notably the 00 and halves of the 04. I tend to drink them earlier now but have a couple of magnums of this 09 that I’ll lay down and cross my fingers, as I suspect it will be beautiful in a decade or so.

[Alan_Rath]

@dteng

Had the 08 at a restaurant in Kauai last month. Paid $125 as it was half price Wednesday. It took the entire dinner for it to open up.

Tried the 08 and 09 side by side. The 08 is much tighter, leaner, more mineral than the 09 (which is still a pretty classic wine). No surprise it was yielding much over the course of dinner, but I expect it to be really beautiful in a decade or so.

[craig_v]

These wines, at least, are still a posible buy of top notch Grand Cru Burgundy. Montrachets are totally out of reach for most of us now.