2022 Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru, Burgundy

Bottled in May 2024, the 2022 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is showing brilliantly, wafting from the glass with notes of sweet stone and orchard fruit mingled with hints of nutmeg, iodine, freshly baked bread and vanilla pod. Full-bodied, satiny and seamless, it's deep and layered, with terrific mid-palate plenitude, lively acids and chalky structuring extract, this rivals the more incisive 2020 version as the finest wine from Bonneau du Martray in recent years.

97 points Robert Parker

From one of Burgundy’s most revered Grand Cru sites, Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlemagne is a benchmark for powerful, mineral driven Chardonnay. The domaine, with a history dating back centuries and long stewardship by the Le Bault de la Morinière family, is devoted almost entirely to this iconic hill of Corton. Today under the guidance of Jean Charles Le Bault de la Morinière and the broader estate team, the focus remains on organic farming, meticulous vineyard work and restrained winemaking that allows this extraordinary terroir to speak with clarity.

Perched high on the slope with limestone rich soils and ideal exposure, Corton Charlemagne produces wines of both scale and precision, combining richness with a striking mineral backbone.

A pale gold with green flashes sits in the glass, radiating quiet intensity. Aromas unfold in layered waves of lemon curd, white peach and ripe citrus intertwined with hazelnut, flint, chalk and a subtle smoky complexity. There is a sense of depth and tension from the first moment.

The palate is full and commanding, delivering concentrated citrus and stone fruit wrapped around vibrant acidity and a powerful mineral core. Notes of almond, brioche, saline freshness and fine oak build through the mid palate, leading to an exceptionally long, structured finish that feels both expansive and tightly wound. This is a Grand Cru built for serious cellaring, evolving over twenty to thirty years into layers of honey, toast, truffle and profound mineral complexity.

Butter poached lobster, roasted turbot with brown butter, or a rich chicken with morels shared slowly. A late night immersion into something monumental, Beethoven’s late quartets or a sweeping Mahler symphony, the wine unfolding in movements, layered, powerful and completely absorbing.