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2004 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

Wine Details
Place of Origin

France

Corton Charlemagne

Burgundy

Color

White

Grape/Blend

Chardonnay

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Christophe Roumier told me he dropped fruit several times during the summer of '04, not due to powdery mildew but more a result of the botrytis that set in during a cool, rainy August. He eliminated hail-affected grapes again after the August 23 storm to help the rest get ripe, then selected again during the harvest and, finally, on a sorting table. "We began with a huge crop but finished with an average one," he said. Luckily, a dry, sunny September gave us ripe tannins with good sugars, even if the skins weren't thick. The acids were still a bit higher than average, but lower than those of 2002. "Following unusually slow malos due to what he described as almost double the normal amount of malic acidity, Roumier racked his 2004s in September.