1996 | Coche Dury | Corton Charlemagne

The cult wine per excellence hits another home run. Ripe but racy, with a lush, opulent and fat mouthfeel. Very attractive thanks to its richness, this vibrates on the palate as it powers its way to a toasty, ripe, velvety finish that will need years to show it all.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: The full-bodied Corton-Charlemagne, displaying unbelievable depth to its spicy pear, white peach and floral aromas, is an awesomely rich as well as perfectly delineated and balanced wine. This oily-textured tour de force has an embracing, almost enveloping, flavor profile crammed with intense stones, minerals, super-ripe pears, waves of nuts and minerals, and touches of grilled toast. The taster's palate is held prisoner by the interminable layers and layers of concentrated, highly-extracted, and powerful fruit that roll across it, each sublimely defined and focused by this wine's racy acidity.

• Vinous: Coche’s 1996 Corton-Charlemagne was just like his other 1996s; stagerring in its richness, complexity and sheer pedigree. The wine flowed onto the palate with tons of richly scented, layered fruit. It was a profound bottle with plenty of life ahead of it.

Producer Information

Coche-Dury is a highly regarded producer based in Meursault, Burgundy. While they make some red wines from Pinot Noir, the house is famous for its highly collectible white wines made from Chardonnay. In fact, Coche-Dury's Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru wine is consistently ranked among the top 100 most expensive wines available on Wine-Searcher.The Domaine was founded in 1973, following the marriage of Jean-François Coche and Odile Dury, although the Coche family has been making wine in Meursault for several generations. Now, as well as holdings in Meursault, the family have vineyards in Puligny-Montrachet, Auxey-Duresses, Monthelie, Volnay and in the Corton Grand Cru vineyard.In total, the Coche-Dury holdings represent just over nine hectares (22 acres), about half of which are in Meursault itself.

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