The 2019 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is also quite promising, exhibiting aromas of pear, buttered citrus fruit, honeycomb, toasted almonds and white flowers. Full-bodied, satiny, and rich, with a fleshy core of fruit and good underlying freshness.
Aromas of pear, orange oil, white flowers and toasted bread introduce the 2018 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru, a full-bodied, ample and round wine that's open-knit and gourmand. Demonstrative and giving, it's already accessible.
The 2017 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is performing well in bottle, mingling hints of citrus oil, green apple, and pear with notes of warm bread and fresh pastry in a pretty bouquet. Medium to full-bodied, muscular, and concentrated, this is a powerful but lively rendition of Latour's emblematic white.
The 2016 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of lime zest, crisp green orchard fruit, fresh peach and pastry cream. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and notably saline, with a bright line of acidity to underpin its ripe fruit and an attractively penetrating finish.
The 2016 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of lime zest, crisp green orchard fruit, fresh peach and pastry cream. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and notably saline, with a bright line of acidity to underpin its ripe fruit and an attractively penetrating finish.
The 2016 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing well from bottle, offering up aromas of lime zest, crisp green orchard fruit, fresh peach and pastry cream. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, ample and notably saline, with a bright line of acidity to underpin its ripe fruit and an attractively penetrating finish.
The 2015 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru from Louis Latour offers up a lovely nose of toasted almonds, white flowers, ripe orchard fruit and citrus. On the palate, the wine is ample, full-bodied, and expansive—but sadly falls flat, lacking energy and depth, and is diffuse on the finish. While this isn't as overripe as some of the other wines in the range this year, and indeed ranks among the comparative highlights of the house's white portfolio in the 2015 vintage.
The 2014 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru from Louis Latour has quite an exotic bouquet with strong tangerine and quince aromas, almost marmalade-like. The palate is rounded on the entry, quite vanilla-laced with generous new oak smoothing the candied finish. It just seems rather obvious and facile.
The 2011 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru from Louis Latour has a much more austere bouquet than the 2011 from Domaine du Pavillon, although it is well defined and should open with bottle age. Light resinous notes develop with aeration accompanied by dried white flowers, then returning after ten minutes, there are suggestions of volatile aromas. The palate is crisp and taut with a fine thread of acidity. This is very harmonious and poised with good depth and real grace on the spice-tinged finish that demonstrates commendable persistence.
