The 2014 Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru has a very respectable, quite complex nose -- one of the best I encountered during my time in Burgundy. The palate is vibrant and tensile with good mineralité, plenty of body with nicely integrated oak towards the finish. This is an excellent wine from Blair Pethel and is worth hunting down.

Medium wood influence still easily allows the green apple, spice, floral and wet stone aromas to be appreciated. There is a good deal more volume and intensity to the tautly muscular broad-shouldered flavors that possess solid power and richness before culminating in a long, serious and built-to-age finale. This moderately robust effort should be capable of repaying up to a decade of bottle age.