This almost perfectly interweaves vanilla oak with a wide spectrum of citrus and stone fruit aromas in a way that's totally compelling, and this is most striking on the front palate. Then comes a golden richness on the very concentrated mid-palate, followed by a huge wave of chalky minerality. Incredibly long, focused aftertaste. Drinkable now, but best from 2025. (Stuart Pigott, June 2024)

 Top 100 World #68 Corton Charlemagne 2022 - Top 100 France #18 Corton Charlemagne 2022

Moderate wood is present on the cool and pretty nose of the essence of pear, crushed fennel, white flower and a hint of phenolic character. The succulent, round and punchy larger-scaled flavors brim with both dry extract and minerality while delivering fine length on the balanced and lightly austere finale. Not surprisingly, this is decidedly compact and in need of cellar time. (Allen Meadows, USA, June 2024)

Broad in profile and initially rich, with peach, pear, butterscotch and mineral flavors cut by lively acidity. This white seems to dissipate on the
finish, only to return with toasted brioche and baking spice notes. Saltyfinish. (May 2024, USA)

This had been recently fined when I tasted it but had a pleasant lemony aroma and plenty of richness on the attack. Lively acidity with a fruity, citrus slice through the concentration and smooth minerality to finish.94+2027-40 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

This is displaying aromas of anise, dried lemons, white grapefruit, gun flint and even smoked meat, with dried mangoes and some green tea, too. Sophisticated rather than generous though, with tight and firm layers. Full body. Mineral and tight finish. Try in 2025.

Cool and reserved aroma with hints of cucumber and dill. Slim and trim glide. Pure. Savory; lactic acidity. The cooler season shows in the fennel notes and super crisp edges. Lively dry minerality to finish.942027-36. (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

The 2021 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is one of the more powerful wines in the range, mingling aromas of sweet orchard fruit and confit citrus with hints of toasted nuts, white flowers and new oak. Full-bodied, ample and layered, it's rich and expansive, but it also maintains good tension.

Yes - there's a classy width of aroma here - faintly toasty. I love this - it just melts over the palate - faster, and less obviously powerful than the Caillerets but with a little extra 'something.' If Corton-Charlemagne can have finesse - it's here. What a beautiful drink, already! Bravo!

A very cool and tight Corton Charlemagne with the intense spice, bold structure and steeliness that we expect from this appellation. Staggering concentration, which at this early stage makes the wine slightly austere, but all this gives it great aging potential. Fantastic integration of oak, fruit and mineral acidity at the amazing finish. Drinkable now, but best from 2024.

Cool and airy aromas flash notes of Granny Smith apples, citrus rind, mineral reduction and moderate wood influence. There is fine volume and plenty of vibrancy to the delicious middle weight flavors that are a bit more mineral-driven, though they don't possess nearly the same size and weight, while concluding in a bitter lemon-inflected finish, where a touch of warmth slowly emerges. 2030+

From the heartland of the domaine, where Louis latour owns a stonking 10,5 ha (26 acres) of  Corton-Charlemagne. The new oak is present on the nose, but it is quality oak (worth nothing that Louis Latour has its own cooperage). Intense, rich and layered. The concentration of rich fruit is underscored with savory freshness. The finish is pawerful, sustained, and smoothly stony. 2026-35.

Over ten hectares of in-house vineyards are the source of this ripe and supple wine. The flavours are juicy and savoury, revealing notes of almonds, honey and nougat. Robust, with plenty of substance and an almost tannic, chalky finish. This will clearly age well.

Over ten hectares of in-house vineyards are the source of this ripe and supple wine. The flavours are juicy and savoury, revealing notes of almonds, honey and nougat. Robust, with plenty of substance (...). This will clearly age well.

The 2020 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru reflects all the sunshine of the growing season. Full-bodied, rich and glossy, with a sweet core
of fruit and broad shoulders, its bouquet evokes peaches, buttery pastry, golden orchard fruit, baking spices and vanilla pod.
This will appeal to readers who gravitate toward richer, more extrovert styles of white Burgundy.

Aroma of buttery brioche with a hint of singed toast. Caramel-rich generosity on the attack. Splashing ripe fruit and exuberant freshness to the full bodied palate. An abundant wine with highconcentration of fruit and equally high acidity. The oak and ripeness combine to make a glossy wine, but one with plenty of tension. The finish is vigorous and persistent.96/72030-45 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

An opulent white, powerful even, yet with a vibrant structure that keeps this focused and drives the seemingly endless finish. Featuring
persistent floral, peach, melon and mineral flavors, this fades gracefully for more than a minute. Best from 2024 through 2033. - B.S.

Such a classic Corton Charlemagne! Stunningly concentrated and powerful, but also so graceful. Very racy at the long finish, which has so much mineral freshness. Takes your breath away! Drink or hold.

Subdued and somewhat okay on the nose, but it shows hunky richness and smooth potency on the attack, with a creamy vanilla-oaky character. The weightiest and richest Corton-Charlemagne I tasted in 2019. It has an opulent, full-bodied muscularity and pushes into a warm, creamy and savoury finish. 2026-30+

"The 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is also quite promising, exhibiting aromas of pear, buttered citrus fruit, honeycomb, toasted almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny and rich, with a fleshy core of fruit and good underlying freshness, I hope it can repeat this fine performance from bottle."

Beautiful ripe fruit, citrus and pineapple, spicy, nuts, toast, expressive; broad, creamy, intense, powerful, very long. (October 2024)

A touch of secondary notes on the aroma. Toast and grilled hazelnuts with caramel, orange zest and cinnamon. Gentle onto the palate with warm bready notes, where it expands to become rather ample. A soft and open feel with a loose, grainy texture. It's appealing, succulent, and a touch exotic. Not the depth and balance of a top vintage, nor is the finish as pure or as long.932024-32 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

This elegant, balanced wine has a rewarding depth of fruit character on the initial attackthat varies from ripe pear to peach, apricot, and quince, touched with a bit of well-integrated spice. Despite the warmth of the 2019 vintage, this is integrated and seamlessly.-textured, with a silky, creamy texture that doesn't become heavy.  Tuly a 'cuvée ronde' that expresses all of the traces of Corton-Charlemagne. (November 2023, Charles Curtis MW, UK)

This wine delivers the richness and grace of this famed hillside. Cultivated from 30+-year-old vines, it offers notes of ripe citrus, fresh apple skin, orange blossom and almond. There's also a beautiful overlay of white lilies and baby's breath, framed by warm baking spices. Cellar through 2030 and beyond.

Open and aromatic with honeysuckle flowers, dried apples and mangoes, as well as white peaches and stone. Full-bodied, this grows slowly on the palate with an intense, powerful finish. Lots of cream, cooked apples, lemons and light oak at the very end. Tight and right. Try after 2023.

Despite the heat of the vintage and serious ripeness (14.5% alcohol), this is surprisingly elegant and nuanced. There is a pleasant lemony accent to the ripe tropical flavours coloured with hints of cream, butter, and spice. On the palate, the wine dense but not lacking in freshness. Pleasant now, this will age well. Drinking Window 2021 - 2034 -  Charles Curtis MW

"Aromas of pear, orange oil, white flowers and toasted bread introduce the 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, a full-bodied, ample and round wine that's open-knit and gourmand. Demonstrative and giving, it's already accessible."

Buttery croissant with a hint of mint and caramelized sugar on the aroma. Showing some evolution. It's both more compact and focused than 2019. It certainly has breadth; so broad and straight with medium depth, between 2019 and 2020. Enough acidity with a feeling of high dry extract instrumental in the balance. 942023-32 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

Fresh and fruity, with aromas and flavors of lemon, pear, white flowers and stone, showing great tension and an underlying mineral component that gives this energy and length. The lemon theme continues on the lingering aftertaste, along with butter and pastry accents. Best from 2022 through 2029. 1,200 cases imported. - Bruce Sanderson

Best in show by country category 2021. Concentrated notes of toast, apple, peach, lemon, vanilla, butter, and buttercream. A dense and rich palate with layers of buttered pastry, orchard and stone fruits and well-integrated baking spices.

Here the beautifully layered nose is at once riper and more complex but also more restrained with its reasonably fresh aromas of apple, spear, spice, herbal tea and soft oak wisps. There is outstanding volume to the equally ripe and powerful flavors that exhibit a lovely underlying tension on the impressively persistent and attractively stony finish where the only note is hint of warmth.

The 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well, mingling aromas of pear and mandarin with hints of clear honey, white flowers and warm bread. Medium to full-bodied, layered and muscular, it's lively but textural, with a bright spine of acidity and chalky back-end grip. 

Deep, a hint of caramel, becoming wider and wider but at the same time, the depth tightens. This is actually rather concentrated, rather mineral too.

 Louis Latour dominate the appellation of Corton-Charlemagne, with 10ha under vine and lots of different aspects and altitudes to choose from in Aloxe-Corton. This has lovely floral scents that lead you into a palate that's rich, leesy and magisterial with notes of citrus, pear and banana bread, well-integrated new wood and a hint of stony reduction. Consistently the négociant's best white. Drinking Window 2020-2030

Cask sample. Rich, ripe and inviting on the nose. The lees and the oak have given definite spice and an attractive savoury character. Some vanilla and spice on the palate. (JH, UK)

Delightful, succulent aroma with a waft of fresh hay. Sweetness and generosity up front, but delicately done. This is an elegant, lighter-bodied wine with similar weight to 2021, but with much more sweetness, roundness, and intensity. Lovely balance of fruit and acidity. This has an easy harmony and fluidity. It ripples into a silky-sweet mineral finish. Pure, translucent, and precise. No hurry to start this wine; wait a year or two. Maybe a bit like 2007 for ageing. I really liked this wine.962025-40 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

The 2017 is performing well in bottle, mingling hints of citrus oil, green apple and pear with notes of warm bread and fresh pastry in a pretty bouquet. Medium  to full-bodied, muscular and concentrated, this is a powerful but lively rendition of Latour's emblematic white.

This is a textbook interpretation of the grand cru in a vintage which has produced some impressive wines across the appellation. It's spicy, plush and powerful, with some white pepper notes, vivid acidity and sweet, toasty oak. Drinking Window 2020 - 2025

Racy and fine and a good expression of the appellation. Polished and lightly almondy. Clean, fresh and relatively light. Drink: 2023 - 2032 (cask sample)

This is a lovely fine and ripe lemon nose. Full, weight of concentration, plenty of structure - this a wine to wait for. Full flavoured though and with muscle. Great length here.

Latour owns 9.6 hectares in Corton Charlemagne, mostly in Le Charlemagne and En Charlemagne, but also in Languettes and Renardes. The Latour style of Corton Charlemagne is rich and sensual, with no shortness of creamy malo notes or oak spice. The 2016 vintage was no exception. Harvest began on September 24th and continued for a week to deliver this dense, buttery wine. Despite the richness, however, there is enough freshness here to balance, and the result is concentrated and long. Drinking Window 2021 - 2034 -  Charles Curtis MW

A great deal more evolved than the 2017. The color was a giveaway, but the aromatics of Marmite, old Parmesan cheese, and beeswax showed significant evolution. It has some weight and opulence. Full-bodied, impressive for its baroque golden feel, but seems low in acidity and energy. Vanilla creme brûlée finish. It's rather clunky and the finish is shorter than 2019. (Sarah MArsh, UK, May 2024)

Dark golden yellow. The nose opens up with a good oxygenation on toasted notes, sweet spices, lemon and vanilla. A touch of white melon and white flowers. A dense and expressive palate with a very seductive mineral touch, a beautiful dense and creamy material, a rich structure while having a velvety style. A very persistent and intense finish with a distinguished and aristocratic character. A grand wine. (Paolo Basso)

The 2016 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of lime zest, crisp green orchard fruit, fresh peach and pastry cream. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and notably saline, with a bright line of acidity to underpin its ripe fruit and an attractively penetrating finish. Drink 2018-2028 

Ripe and creamy, offering lemon cake, floral and peach flavors, shaded by oak spice. Subtle, yet builds to a long, complex finish. The tangy aftertaste echoes lemon, mineral and spice notes.

Powerful, tight, concentrated; all very tucked in and coiled up. Spice, smoke, apples, and earth; focused and very, very long. Margaret Rand

Creamy, rich nose with cereal and cooked apple fruit and loads of weight on the palate. Full, powerful, formidable. Certainly has the stature of grand cru, and there is potential for the flavour range to emerge with time. Drink 2019-2029

Louis Latour have some of the largest holdings in the Grand Cru at 10.5 hectares, all of them    on south-east facing slopes on the Aloxe-Corton side. This is showing a little too much oak right now, but has sufficient texture, weight and underlying acidity to absorb it over the next year or two. Always reliable. 2020-28

Clear bright colour, fine steely nose, quite full on the palate, slightly sweet oak notes, some herbal touches and a little bit of heat at the back. Plenty of intensity though. (tasted prior to bottling)

Bright and inviting and so fresh comparison with 2016, despite being a hot vintage. Fresh hay, dried apricot, and honey, and a peppy salty note. The palate recalls memories of summer at the seaside: salt, sun, and wild flowers. It's full and rounded, but not heavy. Sunny, but certainly fresh enough. The exotic aromas associated with the 2015 have mellowed into warm ground coriander. The finish is rather well sustained. 2015 has slimmed and gained some poise. I was surprised at how well it has evolved.952023-35 (Sarah Marsh, UK, May 2024)

This is rich and seductive, opulent even. Bold yellow fruits, ripe apples and pears are surrounded by a youthful texture that will allow it to age. The fruit and the touches of wood are still present, but will integrate beautifully. (USA)

Vanilla, clove and toast notes shade the core flavors of apple, melon and stone in this rangy white. Balanced in a broad-shouldered way, this offers echoes of mineral and spice on the long finish. Best from 2020 through 2033.-B.S. - USA

(100% from vines in Aloxe and all domaine fruit). There is solid power and punch to the medium weight plus flavors that are not as dense as one might expect given the vintage but the finishing balance and complexity are lovely. Note that this appears to possess very good upside development potential. (90-93)/2023+

So perfumed with exotic, tropical-fruit aromas that draw you into the glass. Full-bodied, layered and textured with soft creamy tannins and light stone and walnut undertones. Gun flint. Always a fantastic white. So constant. Drink or hold.

If anyone were going to make a good Corton-Charlemagne in 2015, you'd expect it to be Louis Latour, with their extensive holdings in the Grand Cru, most of them on the Aloxe-Corton side. Most of these are south facing, so this is a rich, sumptuous white with lots of spicy oak, lees richness and a textured, yet sappy finish. 2018-24 (UK)

A very fine, fresh nose. - lovely. Ooh, this is mineral, silky, growing with some fruit flavour and lots, and lots of lithe muscle. Super long. Of-course I'd like more acidity to counter the richness of flavour, but I also know that 10-year-old wines like this taste fabulous. Bill Nanson (UK)

Nutty, new-mown hay with a touch of gunflint. More evolved and less fruity on the aroma than 2015, however the palate is still super youthful and shows citrus fruit and silex. Finely wrought, delicate, and pure. Whips along, taut and lively; really fizzles on the finish where there is a touch of something herbal combined with oyster-shell. A light, precise, and elegant wine. You could afford to wait a few years since it should continue to evolve beneficially and I should imagine will plateau for some time.96/7. 2027-40 (Sarah Marsh, UK? May 2024)

A dense and solid Corton-Charlemagne with hot-stone and dried-apple character. Some pears, too. Full-bodied, dense and polished. Shows layers and strength. Drink now.

A broad, charming white, featuring lemon, baked apple , vanilla, clove and nutmeg flavors with fine concentration and length. Shows a bright structure and chalky intensity on a slighlty tannic finish. Best from 2019 through 2032. BS

Intense and concentrated, this offers ripe yellow fruits, rich apples and a tight mineral texture. It has power, reinforced by subtle wood aging. A flagship for this producer, the wine will age well. Drink from 2020.

There is lovely intensity to the strongly mineral-inflected and muscular big-bodied flavors that display fine cut and plenty of punch on the pure and relatively refined finish that delivers flat out superb length. This is potentially excellent though note well that it's going to require plenty of bottle age to realize its full potential.

Complex aromas and flavors include white flower, ripe and juicy white pear, wet and flinty stone and touches of grilled almond. The palate is juicy and full bodied, with energy as well as opulence (14% alcohol). Very long, yet delicate finish. 2014 is shaping to be a simply gorgeous white wine vintage in Burgundy and this is yet more proof. I tasted this once again as part of a 2014 horizontal just before dinner, with similar impressions: after the Montrachets this wine seemed just a bit more fresh and bright, with a fabulous balance of weight and acidity, dry extract, lovely notes of white stone fruit. This confirmed the positive experience at the master class. I'm a buyer. 

The extensive Latour holdings (all 12 hectares of them) are mostly south-facing on the Aloxe-Corton side of the Grand Cru. This sees 100% new oak, and is a little marked by it at present, but has plenty of richness and savoury concentration underscored by acidity. 2018-27 (UK)

A round, bright nose that fills the glass but has fine and precise citrus complexity. (...) The finish is a wide and beautiful thing. This will be superb. (cask sample) By Bill Nanson (UK)

Apple, pear and spice aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this rich, expressive white. Creamy in texture, this displays intensity and a long, spicefilled aftertaste. Best from 2017 through 2022.

Out of the four 2012s, this stood out best, with more immediately pleasing flavors and aromas - but also loads of complexity and delicacy. Words like "clean" and "polished" and "refined" came to mind, its full bodied expression of dark cherry fruit, cassis and touches of licorice leading to a long and cooler fruit driven finish, with more lift than the others. Great stuff !

Of this four vintage flight (2014, 2012, 2010 and 2008), this showed perhaps the weakest. It is very good, mind you, but showing more evident yellow stone rather than white stone fruit. The texture is somewhat more viscous and rich, with a touch of warmth on the finish, perhaps lacking the balancing acidity of the 2014, tasted just before. Still, left alone, a fine wine to enjoy with grilled fish or perhaps lobster with butter and lemon. 

Wears the oak very lightly, a gentle custard and almond background, some complex sulphide reduction that suggests long life, but really focused on the tight, fresh orchard fruits. The palate is limpid and pure, another fine Corton with slippery texture and the fresh juice of lemons and limes, and a hint of fat, of peach in the mid palate before a long and very fresh finish. (UK)

Superb toasted and nutty nose, it is just starting to open. Delicate and crystalline mouth, high purity with a nice roundness that gradually develops in mouth. A very good wine, splendid evolution expected!

This showed very well, echoing the 2014 tasted earlier in this flight, with white flower and wet stone and pear like juiciness, but perhaps a bit more weight, a bit more dry extract, hence just slightly higher scoring. It has quite a bit of opulence, certainly full bodied, but happily balanced by excellent acidity, and giving off an aspect of delicacy in its impressively long finish. Great vintage!

Gorgeous fresh but nutty refinement, with such lovely hazelnut and orange notes, citrus skins and some salts. Beautifully fruity palate with delicious sweetness allied to piercing freshness of the acidity, but the toast and power of the structure and fruit depth power through. (UK)

Wide, silky ripe fruit, tighter below. Bright, beautiful fresh acidity but with a certain gras of dense fruit. Beautifully textured and really fine intensity. Wow! - A the most overtly impressive finish. Really very yum -clearly this wine is getting better and better with age... Super! Bill Nanson (UK)

Here we go again, with wonderful aromatics and flavors, here more white juicy peach and wet stone aspects, the palate rich and substantial, hints of oak still linger at nearly 8 years of age, but the overall impression is of a more tightly wound up wine, and even a bit steely as compared to either 2014 and especially 2010. Give it time, methinks this will get really good with a few more years. 

Delicate notes of almond and some minerality are characterisitc of this wine. By Nelson Chow

A very late vintage, harvested in October. Big, powerful Jack Daniels nose, plenty of depth of aroma, a little coconut and some charming little floral notes emerging. Lots of layered subtle complexity here. The palate has delicious sweetness of fruit, hints of the exotic, but a fine, pure palate with beautiful balance. (UK)

Beautiful nose, only the merest hint of delicious and natural oxidation, giving lovely nuttiness and sweetness. The palate is superbly sweet and it has real mineral freshness. The cool vintage gives this seriously nice edge and mineral definition into a long finish. (UK)