91

Neal Martin

Vinous

The 2016 Corton Clos des Corton-Faiveley Grand Cru offers smudged red cherry and wild strawberry fruit on the nose, hints of vanilla pod and chalk emerging with time, attractive even if it requires more delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins and fine acidity, although it feels just a little over-extracted compared to Taupenot-Merme’s Corton-Regnier, especially on the finish. Not bad overall, but it might have been better. Tasted blind at the 2016 Burgfest tasting. 11/2018

93

Jasper Morris

Inside Burgundy

Dark purple colour. The nose is heady with dark fruit, excellent intensity. Black cherry, dark raspberry, good acidity, more fruit than tannins at the back. Quite complete. There is an impressive weight of flavour intensity at the back. An excellent long-term prospect. Tasted Sep 2019.

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William Kelley

Robert Parker/Wine Advocate

The 2016 Corton Grand Cru Clos des Cortons Faiveley is another cuvée that is showing superbly from bottle, revealing an attractive bouquet of ripe red berry fruit, orange rind, wood smoke, espresso roast and dark chocolate that's framed by a deft touch of classy new oak. On the palate, the wine is full-bodied, satiny and lavish, with a deep and layered core, excellent concentration, vibrant acids and a long, beautifully defined finish. This is one of the finest rendition of the Clos des Cortons Faiveley produced under the new regime. This was an impressive tasting with Eve and Erwan Faiveley and able winemaker Jérôme Flous. Likening the vintage to "a broader-shouldered 2007," a judgment with which I wholeheartedly concur, Flous presented a selection of some of the 2017 portfolio's high points. Supple, expressive and nicely integrated, the reds showed very well; and the two whites were simply superb. I also revisited a selection of 2016s at my office in the United States, wines that are more classically balanced and seemingly more consistent than Faiveley's 2015s. I'll be reporting more on the winemaking and vineyard changes that have ushered in a new era at this address—as well as publishing the results of a vertical of the emblematic Clos des Corton Faiveley—in the near future. In the meantime, all these offerings come warmly recommended. 01/2019