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DOMAINE COCHE-DURY
Robert Parker describes Jean-François Coche-Dury as "one of the greatest winemakers on planet earth," and few would beg to differ. Painfully small yields from his 11.5 hectares and meticulously precise winemaking are what give the wines their character and intensity. His top wines spend an astonishing 22 months in barriques and are lightly fined but never filtered prior to bottling.
While Jean-François is known for his range of Meursault (especially the Rougeots made from 70 years old vines), but the small parcel of "Sous-la-Croix" in Corton-Charlemagne is the jewel of the Coche holdings, but sadly only six casks are made each year. These are exceptionally intense, powerful and long-lived wines. They are full bodied but never cloying, with the concentrated fruit always being underpinned by crisp and balanced acidity.
Corton-Charlemagne--Vintage 1991
Côte de Beaune, J.F. Coche-Dury Levels: 2.5cm; two scuffed labels
8 bottles per lot
Robert Parker describes Jean-François Coche-Dury as "one of the greatest winemakers on planet earth," and few would beg to differ. Painfully small yields from his 11.5 hectares and meticulously precise winemaking are what give the wines their character and intensity. His top wines spend an astonishing 22 months in barriques and are lightly fined but never filtered prior to bottling.
While Jean-François is known for his range of Meursault (especially the Rougeots made from 70 years old vines), but the small parcel of "Sous-la-Croix" in Corton-Charlemagne is the jewel of the Coche holdings, but sadly only six casks are made each year. These are exceptionally intense, powerful and long-lived wines. They are full bodied but never cloying, with the concentrated fruit always being underpinned by crisp and balanced acidity.
Corton-Charlemagne--Vintage 1991
Côte de Beaune, J.F. Coche-Dury Levels: 2.5cm; two scuffed labels
8 bottles per lot