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Domaine Marius Delarche, Pernand-Vergelesses, Reserve - Les Combottes

Other, France 2014 (750mL)
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Domaine Marius Delarche, Pernand-Vergelesses, Reserve - Les Combottes


Corton-Charlemagne, cultivated entirely with Chardonnay, is a Grand Cru appellation that stretches above portions of Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix-Serrigny within the northern Côte de Beaune. Named for Emperor Charlemagne, legend has it that the land was entirely cultivated with Chardonnay because his wife detested a Pinot Noir-stained beard after a long night of drinking. Whether the story holds true, Corton-Charlemagne is undoubtedly one of the most treasured and famous sites in the world for Chardonnay. Today’s lieu-dit vineyard, “Les Plantes des Champs et Combottes,” is directly adjacent to the famed Grand Cru vineyard, roughly east of the village of Pernand-Vergelesses, and offers almost identical minerality and personality. This wine’s crystalline minerality delivers a riveting sense of place and a near mirror image of its prestigious neighbor at a fraction of the price.
 
There are no better stewards of this special terroir than the Delarche Family who are firmly dedicated to terroir-driven wines and, as such, allow nature to take its course. Father, Philippe, and his son, Etienne, jointly tended the vineyards and crafted the wine as team until Philippe lost his long battle with cancer in 2008. Since then, Etienne has carried on and implemented the wisdom of his father while also utilizing his oenological education from Beaune to produce beautiful wines one vintage after the next. Etienne hand-harvests and crafts his wines traditionally with little use of new oak, which delivers an unadulterated expression of varietal and place. The wines are not filtered and the result competes with the best in the world for a price we can all afford.
 
The 2014 Les Combottes exhibits a pale straw core with green and gold reflections on the rim. This wine will simply blossom with air and reveal green apple, unripe white peach, salt-preserved lemon woven with lime blossom, fresh acacia, toasted hazelnut, stirred lees, finely crushed limestone, a touch of oyster shell and just a hint of nuanced oak aromatics in the background. The medium-bodied palate delivers an immense amount of complexity, unrivaled concentration akin to Corton-Charlemagne and is lifted by fine, focused minerality and bright acidity. This wine is built for the ages and will most likely peak around 2020-2025, but it has the bones to impress on its twentieth birthday. With that said, this will is showing beautifully now. For instant gratification, decant for 60-90 minutes and serve in Burgundy stems at 60-65 degrees. If this wine is served too cold, the acid will steal the show and the aromatics will be too shy to perform at their best. Thanks to this wine’s ample concentration and texture, it will dazzle alongside this stunning recipe for roasted pork tenderloin with citrus.
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France
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FrancePernand-Vergelesses
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Limestone and Clay
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Sustainable
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Chardonnay
Alcohol
13.0
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