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Albert Bichot, Corton Grand Cru, Clos des Maréchaudes 2012 - Monopole

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SKU: 9998-2012

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• Domaine: Albert Bichot
• Appellation: Corton
• Classification: Grand Cru
• Origin: Côte de Beaune • Côte d'Or • Burgundy (Bourgogne) • France
• Varietal: Pinot Noir

This wine is a Domaine du Pavillon “monopole”. It has the extremely rare distinction of possessing 2 different levels of appellation within the same 2 ha (3 acre) vineyard. "En Mareschaut" is derived from the Old French term “maresche” (marsh). The lower parts of Aloxe-Corton and Ladoix-Serrigny were marshy due to their proximity to the Lauve spring. Major drainage work was undertaken to dry up the land and make it suitable for planting vines. This grapes in this vineyard tend ripen early.

“The 2012 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Marechaudes is a monopole belonging to Maison Albert Bichot. The nose is fragrant and lifted with crushed violets and hints of cassis – a generous and outgoing bouquet, like a distant relative of Bonnes-Mares. The palate is medium-bodied with supple, rounded tannins forming the basis of this grand cru that is more feminine than others in Corton. There is good weight in the mouth with white pepper lingering on the aftertaste. Fine – but it will need 4 or 5 years to soften.” - Neal Martin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate (April 2016), 90-92/100, Drink 2020–2040

LWIN 1227178
Stock Status Out of Stock
Appellation Corton
Vintage 2012
Brand Albert Bichot
Shipping Weight 3.000000

About Corton

Corton is the great red Grand Cru of the Côte de Beaune — and indeed its only red Grand Cru — crowning the celebrated hill of Corton that rises above the villages of Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses, and Ladoix-Serrigny. The same hill gives the legendary white Grand Cru Corton-Charlemagne. The appellation is a patchwork of named climats — Le Corton, Les Bressandes, Les Renardes, Clos du Roi — each lending its own accent to the Pinot Noir grown on the slope's limestone and iron-rich marl. Corton is typically the most structured and ageworthy of the Côte de Beaune's reds, firm and tightly wound in youth before unfurling, after a decade or more, into a wine of depth, spice, and dark-fruited power.
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