Benjamin Leroux, Corton Grand Cru, France

本杰明?勒胡酒莊（科爾登特級園）紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：6462

One of the more structured wines out of the gates is the 2019 Corton Grand Cru, a medium-bodied, lively and youthfully chewy red evocative of plums, red berries and raw coca, framed by a deft touch of new oak. Built around a bright spine of acidity, this will merit a little patience.

The 2015 Corton Grand Cru, which contains a little Corton Bressandes, has been offered since 2012. It has a fragrant and perfumed bouquet, floral with red cherry and cranberry leaf, and a vein of fine mineralité underneath. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, moderate depth but good tension, with a tightly wound and understated, lightly grippy, white pepper-tinged finish that suits it absolutely fine.

The 2014 Corton Grand Cru is an assemblage of various lieux-dits. It has a lifted, quite floral bouquet, that Bressandes fruit lending some complexity and mineral tones. The palate is medium-bodied with a touch of stems (just 10% here) lending freshness and delineation, moving towards more black fruit towards the sappy finish.

This too is slightly advanced aromatically with a mix of gamy and earthy red currant and floral scents. There is fine mid-palate density and an overt muscularity to the vibrant and again firmly mineral-driven big-bodied flavors where the supporting tannins are relatively fine-grained. While the structure would suggest at least 10 years of aging potential the nose suggests that a compromise is in order and thus my suggested drinking window is slightly earlier than it otherwise might be.