2018 Domaine Faiveley Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley Grand Cru Monopole Magnum
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Body: medium-bodied. Like most red wines from ; 13% alcohol.
Tannin: medium. From ; aged in oak.
Sweetness: dry. Red wine from is almost always dry.
Acidity: fairly high. from the fairly cool climate of .
Aromas: earthy notes, flowers and red fruit, typical of
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Log inCorton Clos des Cortons Faiveley Grand Cru is the flagship of Domaine Faiveley. This vineyard has been owned by the winery since 1874. The wine used to be sold under the name 'Clos de Corton'. Until 1935, France was the first country to introduce the system of controlled designations of origin and the law on appellations d'origine contrôlée (AOC) came into effect. This made the use of the name Clos de Corton very confusing because there are several 'Clos' on the mountain. Domaine Faiveley chose at the time to make a distinction by adding their family name to the plot. Together with Romanée Conti, they are the only ones who have been allowed to give their name to a Grand Cru Clos.
The harvest is first subjected to a short maceration before being vinified, partly in wooden barrels in the shape of a truncated cone. After the pulp fermentation of 18 days, they use a vertical press that ensures an extremely pure and high-quality juice. The wines are then aged in oak barrels in 19th-century vaulted cellars, which provide ideal conditions, for 16 to 18 months. The ratio of new barrels, which can vary from year to year, represents an average of 50%. These barrels, which come from excellent coopers, were carefully selected for their fine grain and slightly toasty character.
The 2018 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Cortons Faiveley emerges beautifully in the bottle, with a mixture of aromas of cassis and dark berry fruit, hints of baking chocolate, grilled meat, forest soil and sweet spices. Medium to full bodied, rich and elegantly muscular, its ripe core of fruit structured by powdery tannins and lively acidity, it is long and expansive. This is a deep, intense Clos des Corton that will require bottle aging to realize its full potential.
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The history of Domaine Faiveley dates back to 1825. The domain has been family owned for 7 generations and is located in Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the heart of Burgundy. 127 hectares of vineyards, spread over Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, of which 12 vineyards with Grand Cru classification, 25 with Premier Cru classification and 6 vineyards with a “Monopole” classification. The domain is managed by Erwan Faiveley, who manages the work in the vineyards in-house to have control over the quality of the grapes. The hand-picked harvest is carefully brought to vaulted cellars from the 19th century, located in Nuits-Saint-Georges. To create great Burgundies, Erwan Faiveley combines the principles of modern oenology with traditional aging in French oak barrels. All this contributes to the high reputation of Faiveley wines.
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RP 93+
Reviewed by:
William Kelley
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Drink Date:
2026 - 2050
The 2018 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Cortons Faiveley is showing nicely in bottle, mingling aromas of cassis and dark berry fruit with hints of baking chocolate, grilled meats, forest floor and sweet spices. Medium to full-bodied, rich and elegantly muscular, its ripe core of fruit structured by powdery tannins and lively acids, it's long and expansive. This is a deep, brooding Clos des Corton that will demand bottle age to realize all its potential.
This was an excellent tasting with Faiveley's technical director Jérôme Flous, who has handled the 2018 vintage very skillfully indeed. Flous told me that, in his opinion, wines with comparatively low acidity need compensatory tannin to age and to temper their sweetness of fruit. In that regard, he feels he did not extract sufficiently, so he took things a little further in 2018. I am happy to report that—even if extraction is something of a dirty word among the Burgundy commentariat—Flous struck a good balance, producing deep and complex wines with texture and structure, yes, but no asperity in the least. Elegant but age worthy, they exemplify Faiveley's contemporary style and come recommended. These wines were tasted from representative samples at Faiveley's Nuits-Saint-Georges facility. Readers looking for my notes on the 2017 Faiveley wines from bottle can find them in the End of November 2019 Issue of The Wine Advocate.
Jérôme Flous told me that Faiveley began picking on September 9, finishing by the 20th, and that yields averaged out at around 35 hectoliters per hectare in white and a little less in red. Comparing the 2019 vintage to "a more concentrated version of 2010," he admires—as I do—its vibrant fruit tones and refined tannins, finding it more elegant than 2018. The quality of the red wines chez Faiveley is old news, and for more information on this firm's evolution I direct readers to my report published in the August 2020 Week 1 issue of The Wine Advocate. It's worth underlining, however, how good the whites are these days: Flous tells me that he now includes fûts from Damy and Chassin in the white wine barrel program, and in the last few vintages, I've found the wines' new oak component better and better integrated.
Published: Jan 14, 2021
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DOMAINE FAIVELEY CORTON GRAND CRU CLOS DES CORTONS FAIVELEY 2018
Sunday, December 20, 2020
CountryFrance
RegionBurgundy
Vintage2018
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Wow. This is a solid Corton with ripe strawberries, plums, bark and porcini. Full-bodied with tight, fine tannins, focused depth of fruit and excellent length. Quite muscular for the vintage. Better after 2023.
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The history of Domaine Faiveley dates back to 1825. The domain has been family-owned for 7 generations and is located in Nuits-Saint-Georges, in the heart of Burgundy. 127 ha Vineyards, spread over Côte de Nuits, Côte de Beaune and Côte Chalonnaise, of which 12 vineyards with Grand Cru classification, 25 with Premier Cru classification and 6 vineyards with a "Monopole" classification. The estate is managed by Erwan Faiveley, who keeps the work in the vineyards in-house to control the quality of the grapes. The hand-picked harvest is carefully transported to 19th century vaulted cellars located in Nuits-Saint-Georges. To make great Burgundies, Erwan Faiveley combines the principles of modern oenology with traditional aging in French oak barrels. All this contributes to the fact that Faiveley wines are highly regarded.
Deze 2018 Corton Clos des Cortons Faiveley toont een geconcentreerd smaakpalet van cassis en donkere bessen met tonen van bakchocolade, geroosterd vlees, bosgrond en zoete specerijen, ondersteund door een rijpe fruitkern, poederachtige tannines en levendige zuren. Daardoor vormt hij een perfecte compagnon voor rijk vlees zoals rund, lam en wild en voor stevige stoofschotels, omdat de tannines en de zuren het vet en de umami in het gerecht snijden en de donkere fruit- en specerijtonen de smaken verdiepen; extra goed werken langzaam gegaarde bereidingen zoals braseren en stoven, maar ook een kruidige beenham of gegrild lamsrack met een geroosterde knoflook- en kruidenkorst zal de wijns structuur en lengte prachtig aanvullen.
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