Louis Latour, Chateau Corton Grancey Vintage:1999 bilberry and light estuarine scents

bilberry and light estuarine scents that gently waft from the glass

violet and minerals

not unctuous but offers very good intensity and snap

Coming from a single parcel of high density vines in the Bearwallow Vineyard in Anderson Valley

Villages level Meursault rarely gets much better than this though be prepared to be patient

Louis Latour, Chateau Corton Grancey Vintage:1999 bilberry and light estuarine scentsA restrained and brooding but beautifully complex nose offers up cool red and dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally laced with pungent earth, spice and sauvage hints. On the palate there is more size, weight and concentration than in any of the prior Corton grands crus as well as notably better depth and persistence of the balanced and built to age finish. To be clear, even with the superior size and weight this is still not an especially big