Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton-Marechaudes 2012 OLDRIOJA picks early

picks early

Nose of delicately poached pears

this white weaves complexity through simplicity

and then rests another year in bottle before release

Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton-Marechaudes 2012 OLDRIOJA picks earlyChandon de Briailles is one of the great traditionalist domaines of the Cote de Beaune, farmed biodynamically and worked by horse, with cellar work that leans heavily on whole cluster fermentation and minimal intervention. This Corton Marechaudes sits on the eastern slope of the Corton hill, just below Corton Bressandes, on iron rich limestone soils that the domaine has farmed for decades. At thirteen years from vintage, the 2012 is now drinking