Vincent Girardin, Corton Charlemagne Blanc Vintage:2000 a huge mid-palate and a

a huge mid-palate and a layered

(from vines first planted in 1902)

of which the 2018 El Reventón is a textbook example

showing little in the way of easy sweetness but also avoiding the greenness that plagues some 2008s

hints of blood orange and white pepper on the aftertaste

Vincent Girardin, Corton Charlemagne Blanc Vintage:2000 a huge mid-palate and a(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.