2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Duchesne Freres 50 – 120 year-old vines

50 – 120 year-old vines on clay and limestone soils

The fruit was left between a 7-10 days with a bit of hang plunging in the latter days

Jorge has acquired these plots over the last decade while working at Bodegas Arzuaga-Navarro which he departed in 2013 to work full time at his own estate

The last 15 years it's gone into the village Chablis as they replanted in 2001 with massale cuttings and only now released as the vines reach full maturity

2021 Domaine Chandon de Briailles Corton Clos du Roi Grand Cru, Cote de Beaune, France Duchesne Freres 50 – 120 year-old vinesClos du Roi, one of the most famous vineyards of Corton, is just below the Le Corton lieu dit of Corton Charlemagne, a terroir high on the hillside, very steep and made up of clay limestone marls containing a little sand and little topsoil. Claude describes it as a chance to taste Charlemagne as a red. The vines struggle here in the rugged soil. It is a late ripening terroir which, through its ability to drain, allows the grapes to avoid rot during