Aloxe-Corton, Olivier Leflaive 2022
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Why this wine
Aloxe-Corton sits on the hinge between the Cote de Nuits and the Cote de Beaune, and its reds carry something of both: red-berry lift over a firmer frame. Three parcels blended from vines averaging 36 years, made by Franck Grux, one of the most consistent hands in the Cote d'Or. A good way into the Corton hill without going to grand cru.
At a glance
- Grape
- Pinot Noir
- Region
- Burgundy, France
- Alcohol
- 13.00%
- Body
- Medium
- Acidity
- Medium
- Tannins
- Medium
- Sweetness
- Dry
- Drink
- Short (3-5 yrs)
- Pairs with
- Red Meat, Poultry & Pork, Cheese
How it tastes
Wild red berries and summer pudding, with darker hints of chocolate and coffee picked up from the barrel. Direct on the attack, then rounded through the middle, medium-bodied with moderate tannin and enough structure to hold the finish. Pinot Noir 100%.
The producer
Olivier Leflaive is both grower and negociant, one of the most recognisable names in Burgundy, drawing on owned vineyards in prized Cote d'Or sites and fruit bought from around 100 of the region's growers. The estate was founded in 1984 and now runs to 17 hectares, with Franck Grux making the wines and a reputation built on tension, fine persistence and restrained use of oak. Aloxe-Corton sits where the Cote de Nuits gives way to the Cote de Beaune, below the Montagne de Corton, and this cuvee blends the Les Fournieres climat with the lieux-dits Les Citernes and Les Boutieres. The vines average 36 years and are planted between 250 and 300 metres on reddish-brown calcareous clay peppered with limestone debris known as chaillots, farmed sustainably and picked entirely by hand. The fruit was fully destemmed and fermented in open tanks over 18 days, then matured for 16 months in total: four in stainless steel, twelve in French oak of which 18 per cent was new. A cold, wet winter in 2022 stored enough soil moisture to carry the vines through the summer heatwaves that followed, and the early harvest came in balanced and ripe.
Food and drinking
Serve at 16C. Roast beef, duck, mushroom tart and hard alpine cheeses. Drinking from now to around 2031, with half an hour in a decanter. Sealed under DIAM.