2021 Domaine Matrot Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru
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Body: full-bodied. Lighter than most white wines from ; 13.5% alcohol.
Acidity: fairly high. from the fairly cool climate of .
Aromas: stone fruit, tropical fruit and orchard fruit, typical of
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Log inThe origins of the winery date back to the mid-19th century and floated on the vineyards of the Amoignon family. The name Amoignon was exchanged for Matrot during the First World War because that name had since been married. Thierry and Pascale Matrot are now in charge and both of their daughters also work in the company. Domaine Matrot produces a rich range of Burgundy wines from the Cote de Beaune, both white and red and from basic wines to premier cru wines.
Corton-Charlemagne is a white wine from the Côte de Beaune sub-region of the Burgundy wine region of France. It is a Grand Cru wine produced in the municipalities of Aloxe-Corton, Pernand-Vergelesses and Ladoix-Serrigny. The Corton Charlemagne appellation occupies the highest part of the Corton hill, where the slopes are steep (20-23%). The hill itself provides an exemplary geological section through the younger (145 million year old) Jurassic strata lying between Ladoix-Serrigny and Meursault. The color of the clay-rich marl soils varies from yellow via ocher to brown. Limestone alternates with marl beneath a thin layer of rendzinas. Halfway up the slope, the mainly red wines of the Corton appellation grow on soils with a significantly different character.
This Grandcru Corton-Charlemagne Meursault from Matrot is the absolute top model of which only a few hundred bottles are made. Of course the grapes are harvested by hand with natural yeasts. The whole bunches are pressed and then left to rest for 24 hours, followed by settling and pouring into barrels. The wine ferments in temperature-controlled barrels and undergoes complete malolactic fermentation. The wine is aged for 15 months on its lees in oak barrels between 1 and 2 years old and then a further 3 months of maturation in steel barrels to prepare the wine for bottling.
The 2021 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru offers attractive orchard fruit on the nose, hints of beeswax and honeysuckle, well defined and focused. The palate is certainly richer than Matrot's Meursault and Pulignys, with peach peel, dried apricot and a hint of spice in the aftertaste. Nice length. Delicious!
This fantastic wine is a great accompaniment to foie gras, whose bitterness is supported by the powerful minerality of the wine, but also to more conventional classics such as crustaceans (lobster, crawfish, crab) whose strong but delicate flesh harmonizes spectacularly with the wine. Poultry or veal in white sauces also allow the wine to stand out well, as do blue cheeses.
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Origin
Bottle
Wine features
Parker
Rating
92
Release Price
NA
Drink Date
2022 - 2040
Reviewed by
William Kelley
Issue Date
13th Feb 2020
Source
February 2020 Week 2, The Wine Advocate
The 2018 Meursault-Blagny 1er Cru was showing very well, exhibiting notes of pear, hazelnuts, dried white flowers and blanched almonds, followed by a medium to full-bodied, chalky and tensile palate with fine depth at the core and a long, incisive finish.
As I wrote last year, the style at this important 19-hectare domaine is pure and understated, minimal wood influence meaning that it is the grapes —and the climats that shape them—that are front and center at all times, and positive evolution is taking place: Matrot is experimenting with longer élevage for some of her more exalted appellations, and in response to the problems of premature oxidation, bottling now takes place by gravity, with more attention given to dissolved oxygen levels. The 2018 vintage has turned out very well, producing elegant and nicely balanced wines, and some 2017s, revisited from bottle, surpassed my high expectations formed last year. Savvy consumers will take note of the domaine's under-the-radar wines, especially their emblematic red Blagny from La Pièce Sous Le Bois.
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Vinous
(92-94)
Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
From: Servants of the Seasons: Burgundy 2021 (Jan 2023)
The 2021 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru offers attractive orchard fruit on the nose, hints of beeswax and honeysuckle, well-defined and focused. The palate is certainly richer than the Meursault and Pulignys from Matrot, with peach skin, dried apricot and a touch of spice on the finish. Lovely length. Delicious!
- By Neal Martin on November 2022
There is a sliding scale of frankness amongst the Burgundy winemaking fraternity. On that scale, co-proprietor Adèle Matrot, who works alongside her sister Elsa, is so brutally candid that in a rare role reversal, I find myself trying to cheer her up. Her wines are by no means catastrophic. However, the truth is that this excellent and fast-improving Meursault producer was acutely impacted by the challenging growing season. Their wines took the brunt of the frost and all the travails that followed. They will be back stronger next year.
“I don’t think it’s a good vintage,” Matrot tells me. “People say that vintages were like this in the past, but that’s because they didn’t really reach ripeness. I don’t think the 2021s have longevity - they are fruity, fresh and easy to drink. I’m afraid that they will deteriorate after a decade or so. Because of the frost, we had different ripening cycles, and we had to double the work in the vineyard. We spent nights lighting candles for practically nothing. On top of that, it was very rainy, so it was complicated to do the spraying. We started picking on 17 September, a month later than the previous year. For us, we are unused to producing such a low volume. We had never made less than five barrels of a cuvée, and in 2021 we produced two under that. Finding pickers was hard, despite the low volume, because it was a late vintage. Filling the tanks was very difficult. The fermentation was no problem, and finishing the sugar and the malo was a bit late, especially for the Auxey-Duresses. But all the malos are done now. We racked all the reds just before barrelling down the 2022s. There’s no new oak used in most cuvées and just 10-20% in the Volnay and Blagny, everything de-stemmed. The vintage is too light to add lots of new wood.”
The sisters will fight another day. There are one or two cuvées worth seeking out, and I think their reds are better than they think. But the whites feel anonymous, scalped of what makes them special.
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Domaine Matrot is a prestigious wine producer located in the heart of the Burgundian wine region in France. The history of Domaine Matrot goes back several generations. It started at the end of the 19th century when Joseph Matrot founded the estate in Meursault, a renowned village for producing exceptional Chardonnay wines.
Over the years, the Matrot family has painstakingly cultivated and expanded their vineyards, acquiring prime plots of land in some of Burgundy's most prized appellations, including Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet and Volnay. This strategic acquisition of vineyards has enabled Domaine Matrot to produce a wide range of high-quality wines that showcase the unique terroir of each vineyard location. Domaine Matrot is known for its traditional winemaking techniques, prioritizing minimal intervention to allow the expression of the terroir and the characteristics of the grape varieties to shine through in the final wines. They typically ferment their wines using indigenous yeasts and age them in French oak barrels to add complexity and structure while respecting the delicate nuances of the fruit.
The estate has been passed down through several generations of the Matrot family, each contributing their expertise and passion for winemaking to uphold the domain's reputation for excellence. Today, Domaine Matrot is run by the current generation of the family, who continue to uphold the estate's traditions while embracing modern developments in viticulture and winemaking. Domaine Matrot consistently produces wines that reflect Burgundy's unique terroir and skill.
De 2021 Domaine Matrot Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru toont aantrekkelijk boomgaardfruit en steenfruit zoals perzik en gedroogde abrikoos, begeleid door bijenwas, kamperfoelie, een fijne kruidigheid en een duidelijke mineraliteit met een lange, gefocuste afdronk. Dankzij die combinatie van rijp fruit, rijke textuur en frisse mineraliteit vormt hij een uitstekende partner voor krachtige smaken zoals foie gras, de delicate maar vlezige smaak van kreeft of langoustine, romige bereidingen van gevogelte of kalf en zelfs krachtige blauwe kazen; denk aan gegrilde kreeft met beurre blanc of geschroeide sint-jakobsvruchten, langzaam geroosterde kip of kalf in een lichte roomsaus en een associatie met pikante blauwe kaas om de mineraliteit te laten schitteren.
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