Bouchard Pere & Fils Le Corton Grand Cru (375ML half-bottle) 2019

Professional Ratings

• 96 Wine Spectator

  Fragrant with violet, black cherry, black currant, licorice, iron and spice, this is both powerful and restrained, with a supple texture and solid structure that are beautifully aligned. The aftertaste lingers with echoes of dark fruit, mineral and spice. Best from 2024

• 95 James Suckling
  Powerful yet sleek with effusive, ripe black-cherry character. Silky front palate, then the serious tannins come through. No hint of the rusticity and edginess that you sometimes get from this appellation. More than enough fruit to make a completely convincing package. Bold finish.
• 95 Jasper Morris
  Brilliant purple, not too deep. Sweetly perfumed, red fruit style, with a burst of concentration shortly after the wine hits the mouth. Picked early, raspberry and strawberry fruit, Frédéric Weber played with more whole bunch and that has worked. “Le Corton is usually Cistercian, but we had to save it from over ripeness”, he explained.
  Range: 92-95
• 94 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  The 2019 Le Corton Grand Cru confirms its superb showing from barrel, blossoming in the glass with scents of wild berries, peonies, violets, blood orange and warm spices. Medium to full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, with melting tannins, beautiful purity of fruit and lively balancing acids, it's long and perfumed, concluding with a saline, rose-inflected finish. I have never tasted a Corton from Bouchard that was so good, so young.
• 93 Decanter
  From a 3.55ha parcel in Le Corton, at the top of the slope on thin soils, reducing the yield and making for a brilliantly fresh wine. The aromas begin with fragrant red fruit and spice, then a savoury mineral note at the end. On the palate, the wine is crisp, tannic and tightly wound. There is substance here, however, and with time it should open well.