Chandon de Briailles Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru 2019

98 points La Revue du Vin de France: "With its fleshy profile, Les Bressandes offers admirable fruit that is free, yet pure and deep, channeled by this terroir-specific foundation. Its sovereign balance would convert even the most skeptical of Corton fans. (2022)"

97 points Bettane & Desseauve Guide: "2019 sees the rather powerful Bressandes endowed with superlative finesse, an elegance that often only Clos du Roi can achieve in Corton. (2022)"

96 points Charles Curtis, MW (Decanter): "With a bit of time in bottle, the 2019 Bressandes from Chandon de Briailles has begun to open up and now shows a lovely plummy fruit aroma with dark chocolate, earth, and spice notes on the palate. This sensually appealing wine is dense and rich and should continue to expand as it opens up over the next twenty years. The grapes come from a 1.45-hectare holding in Bressandes. This climat has more clay in the soil than further upslope; it is less massive than the Clos du Roi, but it is more expressive aromatically. The overall impression is one of seamless integration and elegance. (Drink between 2025-2050. (11/11/23)"

94-96 points Neal Martin (Vinous): "The 2019 Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru is deeper in color compared with the Les Maréchaudes. The well-defined bouquet features cranberry and wild strawberry scents intermixed with wilted rose petal and sous-bois, delicate yet paradoxically intense. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannins, and fleshier than the Maréchaudes; the stem addition here seems more enmeshed. Just beautiful. Drink: 2023-2040. (Dec 2020)"

91-95 points Jasper Morris, MW (Inside Burgundy): "Four plots, two at each end, closer to the mother rock on the Aloxe side, more iron rich clay at the other end. Claude de Nicolay’s great-great-great aunt sold her farms for vineyards in Corton. Similar full purple in colour, but a much deeper bouquet and typically very smooth and supple in the mouth, before lifting at the finish. Thee is an interesting contrast between the super-ripe fruit and the crispness delivered by the whole bunch approach. Tension at the back, so this should work out very well, I believe. (Oct 2020)"

94+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The domaine’s fine parcel in Bressandes was picked ahead of the Sirocco as well, so the wine comes in at a quite civilized (for the vintage) 13.8 percent octane in 2019. The bouquet is deep and promising, but also more reserved at the present time than the Île de Vergelesses, as it delivers scents of red and black cherries, red currants, smoked gamebird, coffee, whole cluster spice tones and a deft foundation of new oak. On the palate the wine is full-bodied, focused and rock solid at the core, with excellent focus and balance, impressive backend soil signature, ripe, firm tannins and a long, classic finish. All this excellent wine needs is time to blossom. 2033-2080. (Jan/Feb 2022)"

94 points/'Sweet spot,' Allen Meadows (Burghound): "(from three separate plantings that have an average vine age of <35 years). A wonderfully spicy nose also features plenty of floral influence to the liqueur-like aromas of dark raspberry and kirsch. Like the Maréchaudes, this is a wine of textural contrasts as the super-fine mid-palate of the big-bodied flavors contrasts with the sleekly muscular flavors where the intensity really builds to the youthfully austere, superbly long and already highly complex finale. This is compact and backwards but a wine that is also exceptionally promising, provided of course that you have the patience to wait for it to fully blossom. Drink: 2031+. (Apr 2021)"