Charles Melton Nine Popes 2021 Size::1 Bottle chocolate and cedar aromas

chocolate and cedar aromas

Corton-Charlemagne is the only vineyard in Burgundy bearing the name of two emperors: Curtis d'Othon

who for generations has dedicated itself to the production of high quality wines

hints of herbs and spices

Distiller Rob Tyson looks at the barrel as another botanical with the same balance and integration rules as the rest of the recipe

Charles Melton Nine Popes 2021 Size::1 Bottle chocolate and cedar aromasLovely deep colour. Nice bright crimson edge to the colour. Opens on nose with a delightful spicy licorice all sorts amalgam of sweet perfume and spice, although 50% new oak was used, it remains in the background as a support to the exotic aromatics. Licorice and meat stock flavours lead into a plush rounded structure, with an excellent volume of finely wrought tannins to help shepherd this wine many years into the future.