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REGIONAL ARCHIVE	Home : Regional Archive : France : Burgundy : Cote de Beaune : Aloxe-Corton

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Aloxe-Corton Introduction Introduction The village and Premier Cru wines of Aloxe-Corton are a little expensive for their quality--perhaps the Corton suffix is to blame. Aloxe is the headquarters for the negociants Louis Latour and La Reine Pedauque as well as Domaines Senard, Voarick and Follin-Arvelet. However, the local jewels are the Grands Crus Corton-Charlemagne (white) and Corton (mostly red), though both are shared with neighboring Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix. Domaine Bonneau du Martray, Maison Louis Latour and Maison Louis Jadot produce the most impressive Corton-Charlemagne in reasonable quantity; smaller quantities from Michel Juillot, Coche-Dury, Tollot-Beaut, Faiveley and Roumier can also be excellent. A great Corton-Charlemagne, best drunk after a decade or more in bottle, will combine a scintillating mineral quality with depth of flavor and Grand Cru richness. The red Grand Cru, Corton, covers a number of subdivisions and it could be argued that these should either become Grands Crus in their own right or else be demoted. The best of them are Le Corton (Bonneau du Martray and Meo-Camuzet), Corton-Bressandes (Prince de Merode and Comte Senard) and Corton Clos du Roi (Prince de Merode and Comte Senard), along with the Corton-Pougets of Maison Louis Jadot, Corton Clos des Cortons of Maison Joseph Faiveley and the Corton Clos de la Vigne au Saint of Maison Louis Latour. A bottle labelled simply Corton, without the "Le," could be from one or more of the subdivisions. From "Encyclopedia of Wine" ©Global Book Publishing Pty Limited 2000

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