Corton Charlemagne 2006 Coche Dury

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (96)

From 40 year old vines on the Aloxe side of the cru, Coche’s 2006 Corton-Charlemagne is intensely bitter-sweet and chalky throughout. Black tea, pugent herbs, iris, narcissus, and an alkaline, saline note suggestive of ocean breezes greet the nose. On the palate, this grips with penetrating pungency and tactile stoniness, leaving behind a memorable concentrate of chalk, salts, faintly bitter herbal essences, along with marrow and animal bone reduction. Surely it will go on to further glory in the bottle and should reward 15 or more years’ cellaring. I have not tasted the 2005, a wine that already appears to be legendary.