Domaine Chandon de Briailles, Corton Grand Cru, Le Clos du Roi 2013

Bright red. Sexy, high-toned aromas of strawberry, raspberry, crushed-stone minerality, rose petal and truffle, complicated by an exotic suggestion of white fruits (Claude de Nicolay compared it to a riesling!). Wonderfully perfumed and stylish, with bright acidity giving definition and lift to the strawberry and rose petal flavors, with the exotic quality carrying through in the mouth. More youthfully imploded than the Bressandes, but the tannins arrive late, allowing the wine's perfume to fill the mouth and linger.

• Drinking Window: 2024 - 2039
• Reviewer Name: Stephen Tanzer
• Review Date: January 2015