Corton Charlemagne - Wine

Grape Variety

100% Chardonnay

Food Pairing

It should be served with quality cuisine: fish and cooked shellfish, white meat or poultry in cream sauce. This is a wine for special occasions, when foie gras, calf's sweetbread pie or warm poultry pâtés are called for. Serve it as an apéritif, and your guests will be convinced you are an epicurean.

Colour

Fine deep golden hue, both limpid and brilliant.

Nose

On the nose, you will notice citrus-fruit aromas (very ripe grapefruit), associated with an attractive vanilla oakiness. A remarkably elegant grand cru.

Palate

The palate is round, fat and very elegant. A multitude of fruit aromas will be developed. Powerful, with good length.

Ageing

Five to ten years, in the right conditions.

Service

It should not be served too cold, as this will impair the aromas. The ideal serving temperature is between 14 and 15°C (57 and 59°F).