Marchand Aloxe Corton "Sous Chaillots" Burgundy Pinot Noir 2021

Tasting note courtesy of KosherWineMusings: 2021 Jean-Philippe Marchand Aloxe Corton, Sous Chaillots, Aloxe Corton – Score: 91+ (QPR: GOOD)

The nose of this wine is funky, with mushrooms, flowers, red fruit, herbal notes, and smoke.

The mouth of this medium-bodied wine is ripe, and floral, with cranberry, cherry, and currants, all wrapped in violets and rosehip, with nice tannin. With time, the wine evolves to show more focus, concentration, and a bit of extraction, with lovely dark cherry, the pomegranate is gone, and bramble, mineral, rock, and graphite fill the mouth.

The finish is long, tart, and candied, with almost pomegranates, and loads of floral notes that are sweet from the candied fruit, mushroom, and earth. With time, the pomegranate falls off, the minerality comes forth, and the elegance is evident, a lovely wine, mouth-draping, and coffee-driven finish, nice! Overall, the red fruit, elegant notes, herb, rich minerality, and some floral notes, with lovely acidity are what carry this wine. Drink until 2031.