Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru 2021

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Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru 2021Pierre typically ages and bottles his two premier cru holdings in Aloxe Cortona half hectare in Les Moutottes and a 0. 3 hectare parcel in Les Valoziresseparately, but low yields in the stressed 2021 vintage led him to combine them. As Pierre is wont to quip, Moutottes is the belle danceuse (beautiful dancer) and Valozires the rugby man, and their characters truly are strikingly divergent. However, as with many couplings of ostensible opposites, they

Produced in the same manner as “La Chavaroche” and “Les Journaries

with neither trait calling too much attention to itself

Named after one of Maria Sole’s grandfather’s favorite horses

and Bézards

aged in stainless steel for one year and bottled unfiltered

resonant acidity with dark cherry fruit

oak of one year (40%) and oak of two years (20%)

with a sensation of almost mentholated coolness ringing on the palate long after swallowing

The Soard family's foray into the neighboring appellation of Vacqueyras began with the 2019 vintage with their purchase of 1

13 hectares) of 30-year-old vines on the Clos du Crosex Grillé’s lower terraces

the appellation having gained approval for premier cru status of 22 vineyards starting in 2020

The harvest undergoes a full carbonic maceration of whole clusters over one month in concrete and steel tanks