Bonneau Du Martray Corton Charlemagne 2008 (750ML)

94 WA / 92+ VM / 92 WS / 18 JR

The 2008 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru is performing nicely from bottle, even if it's not quite as it was five or six years ago, offering up aromas of orange oil, fresh pear, honeycomb, dried apricot and nutty, toasty oak. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, satiny and incisive, with racy acids, chalky grip and a lactic quality that I suspect derives from the vintage's high levels of malic acid. This is a contender for Bonneau du Martray's finest Corton-Charlemagne of the 2000s.-William Kelley, The Wine Advocate

Very pale yellow-green color. Nose dominated by lime, crushed stone and steely minerality. Densely packed and almost painfully dry, with taut, penetrating citrus and mineral flavors showing more energy than flesh today. This ungiving grand cru has plenty of depth and flavor intensity but is an infant today. The stony, austere finish is like touching a live wire. This seems every bit as steely as the estate's 2007 at the same stage but denser; in fact, this may be even more closed.-Stephen Tanzer, Vinous Media, 2010

Offering a nice mix of citrus and mineral, with a hint of oak, this is subtle and nuanced, with white peach, lemon and floral flavors. A luminous white. Best from 2013 through 2027. 3,000 cases made.-Bruce Sanderson, Wine Spectator

We were lucky to have donated a run of three wines from successive vintages of this appellation and for me this was the most impressive example. Clean, precise and slightly floral on the nose. Crystalline and very persistent. A very superior example drinking beautifully now.-Jancis Robinson