Meo Camuzet - Corton Perrieres 2021

Corton is an Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) and Grand Cru vineyard for red and white wine in the Côte de Beaune subregion of Burgundy. It is located on a hill shared between the three villages of Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix in the Côte de Beaune, Burgundy. The appellation covers the lower parts of the Corton hill and includes several subordinate vineyard names, or climats, within the AOC. Because of the size of the AOC and the variability of these climats, it is the rule rather than the exception that the name of the climat is indicated together with that of the Corton AOC, leading to designations such as Corton Clos du Roi and Corton Les Bressandes. Corton is rare in this aspect, as the 'climat' is seldom used for other Grand Cru appellations in Côte d'Or. The AOC was created in 1937.

Corton wines are mostly red (around 95 per cent of the total production in the AOC) and made from the Pinot noir grape, however a smaller quantity of white Corton from Chardonnay is also produced. Around 500,000 bottles a year are produced from the vines.

The Corton appellation itself is the Côte de Beaune's only Grand Cru appellation for red wine, and is the largest Grand Cru of Burgundy.

Méo-Camuzet is one of the most celebrated domaines of the Côte d’Or, located in the heart of prestigious Vosne-Romanée. The domaine boasts fourteen hectares of land in some of the most spectacular appellations and crus of Burgundy. The vineyard land in Burgundy is highly parceled out among families, which makes it rare for anyone to have enough vines to be able to bottle one grand cru, let alone the six that the Méos have. The early beginnings of the domaine left it in the hands of share-croppers. The last twenty years have brought substantial changes that have fostered a new chapter for the Méo family.

93-94 Points, John Gilman, View from the Cellar: "The domaine did not include any whole clusters in their 2021 Corton “Perrière” this year. The wine is nicely red fruity on the nose, delivering scents of cherries, red currants, bonfire, venison, stony soil tones, coriander seed and cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, fullbodied and chewy, with a good core and soil undertow, tangy acids and a long, closed and nicely soil driven finish. The same caveat applies here as with the Clos Vougeot. 2036-2085+." 11/22 #102

"Pretty pinkish red. Perfumed, not overweight. Fresh cherry and raspberry, a bit foursquare, the tannins are not too aggressive but are still there, then this pretty fruit returns behind. Still very backward. Drink from 2028-2035." 11/22 90-93 Points, Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy.