Chandon de Briailles - Corton Grand Cru 'Les Bressandes' 2012 (750ml) Venetsanos

Chandon de Briailles - Corton Grand Cru 'Les Bressandes' 2012 (750ml) VenetsanosThe domaines Bressandes was still in barrel and absolutely singing at the time of my visit. The gorgeous bouquet is a complex and very pure blend of red and black cherries, gamebirds, Asian spices, iron like soil tones, coffee, woodsmoke, cocoa and a touch of fresh nutmeg in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full bodied, pure on the attack and very stony in its soil profile, with a sappy core, superb transparency, ripe, well

which produce great grapes year in and year out

with 30% more grapes

the 2015 Pontet-Canet comes charging out of the glass with fantastically expressive notes of black cherry preserves

the 2010 du Tertre sashays out of the glass with pretty notions of black tea

Pretty lovely

with some wet-stone minerality

their vines and the wine that comes from them

both classy and seducer

with a medium body and sleek

and incredible length

a bit of lilac

Limestone soil with a lot of stone