Domaine des Croix Corton Grand Cru Les Grèves 2022
Domaine des Croix Corton Grand Cru Les Grèves 2022
This Grand Cru Corton Les Grèves is one of Corton’s finest and the (red) top wine of Domaines des Croix.
I have been following this estate for years and am very impressed by the particular finesse and purity David Croix manages to bring to his wines. After all, he is also the man who managed to bring the wines of Camille Giroud back to top level, and at Roulot, too, his input was invaluable. From now on, all his attention will be exclusively on his own estate. Is he the man to give the superb yet somewhat misunderstood terroirs of Beaune back the renommée they deserve? By the looks of it, he is doing plenty of that! Beaune was hardly touched by the spring frost and here, the 2021s are absolutely stunning!
Jasper Morris MW: “Picked on 1st September and already at 14.7% This has a big bold purple colour, and stays exceptionally large scale throughout. Very heady in its brambly fruit, with the raft of tannins which are always in the Grèves continuing to do their thing at the back. Punchy enough all round. This vineyard may need that extra degree of ripeness for the fruit to balance the tannins.”