2021 Corton Le Rognet Grand Cru

Bruno Clavelier farms 6.5 hectares of vineyards he inherited from his grandparents, all planted between the two world wars. Yields are down 30-40%, depending on the wine, which means most of these 2021s are two to three barrel lots. Clavelier used 40-67% whole clusters on the reds but was quick to elaborate that calculating exact percentages is hard, especially for sites with heavy millerandage, where the lack of fruit means each bunch contains a fair amount of stem material, and those were the bunches that most often went into the tanks whole. I find the 2021s to be gracious and elegant, in the best sense of the terms. The lighter style of the year is evident, and yet the wines are very pretty. All of the wines in this report were assembled two weeks before my tasting and were scheduled to be bottled before the end of 2022.