The Corton displays fresh and rich smoke scents and an attractive, deep, precise, and medium-bodied personality with white peach, anise, mineral, and stone-like flavors. Its long finish possesses traces of honeysuckle and gravel. Anticipated maturity: 1999-2005. The score, noted on a range and in parentheses, indicates that the wine was tasted from barrel. The winemaker, "Kojak", told me the alcoholic fermentations lasted through February for the 1996 whites and that he performed a weekly batonnage to give them additional body. A Daniel Johnnes Selection, New York, NY; tel (212) 374-9415, also imported by De Gustibus Imports in Washington, and Beaune Imports in California.