Vincent Girardin, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions 50% new oak

50% new oak

neither wine is produced

It matured in 100% new French oak barrels for 26 months

” Matured in French oak for nearly two years

This compact and tightly wound effort will need at least a few years of forbearance

Vincent Girardin, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions 50% new oak(from Ladoix fruit). A ripe and vaguely exotic nose grudgingly reveals its aromas of orange peel, green apple, white peach and a whiff of jasmine tea. The dense, muscular and powerful big bodied flavors exude a bracing salinity on the mouth coating, clean and dry finish that is firm and borderline rustic. This will need at least some patience and reward a decade plus of bottle aging.