2019 Domaine Louis Jadot, Corton Grand Cru, Les Greves

Mingling aromas of sweet berry fruit and plums with hints of raw cocoa, warm spices and orange rind, the 2019 Corton Grèves Grand Cru (Domaine Louis Jadot) is medium to full-bodied, rich and chalky, with fine concentration and a youthfully tightly wound profile. This is promising, but it will require a bit of patience.

The 2019 Corton-Grèves Grand Cru was showing some reduction on the nose, although there appears to be fine compact red fruit here. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, and lightly spiced with white pepper and sage toward the finish, which shows a little more elegance compared to the Clos du Roi this year. Fine.

Cask sample. Sweetly aromatic. Very lively and racy. Transparent and rather ethereal. Quite chiselled in structure, almost like a really good white wine. Pleasing balance and persistence. Nice minerally undertow. Cool and refreshing rather than sweet and flattering – tant mieux ! (JR)