92.5 points CellarTracker.com community score.
92 points Andy Howard, MW (Decanter): "Clos des Cortons is Faiveley’s holding within Le Rognet de Corton. Remarkably youthful in colour – still lots of purple interspersed with ruby. A very youthful nose of red cherry and berry, and a touch of blackcurrant leaf. Weighty and cassis-like on the palate, the tannins are rather coarse and standout somewhat. It feels like quite a lot of extraction was done here although there is plenty of freshness, purity and life to set against the grip and rather raw edge. Drining Window: 2021-2028. (11/25/19)"
92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "Still very deeply colored. An exceptionally ripe but not roasted nose features notes of baked plum, black cherry liqueur, warm earth and soft wood, spice and orange peel. The super-rich and remarkably concentrated big-bodied flavors are muscular, powerful and brimming with palate soaking dry extract, all wrapped in a robust, rustic and noticeably warm finish that leans out ever-so-slightly. This is still years away from its likely peak and it is very much a child of its (extreme) vintage and while it is undoubtedly freakishly impressive, I can't say that it's what I look for. Drink: Try from 2033+. (Mar 2023)"
91+ points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): "Very deep red, by far the darkest in the tasting; showing no amber yet. Bordeaux-like nose combines redcurrant, black raspberry, graphite, mocha, cedar, licorice, mint and bouquet garni; it's hard to recognize Burgundy here (Jérôme Flous noted that "we feared that 2018 would be like 2003 but we were saved by having a lot of moisture in the soil"). A medicinal, mouthfilling monster with its black fruit and menthol flavors conveying a distinctly "southern" dried-fruit and Provençal herb character. Today the finish is cut off by palate-shattering tannins. Erwan Faiveley describes this as "one of the biggest Burgundies I've ever tasted," noting that its IPT (indice de polyphénols totaux) is 130, which is off the charts. And I recall that when François Faiveley first showed me this wine from barrel in late 2004 (he bottled it early, in December of that year), he predicted that it would need at least 15 years of bottle aging; that has turned out to be an understatement. In fact, I wonder if this bulletproof wine will ever truly be easy to drink. I'm not sure if I would have pegged it blind as Pinot Noir. (This wine weighs in at 14.4% alcohol, while the rest of the vintages in this tasting are typically between 13.2% and 13.7%; 3.57 pH; 3.5 g/l acidity; from a harvest that began on August 25; just 18 hectoliters per hectare produced) Drink: 2028-2048. (Mar 2019)"
92 points Andy Howard, MW (Decanter): "Clos des Cortons is Faiveley’s holding within Le Rognet de Corton. Remarkably youthful in colour – still lots of purple interspersed with ruby. A very youthful nose of red cherry and berry, and a touch of blackcurrant leaf. Weighty and cassis-like on the palate, the tannins are rather coarse and standout somewhat. It feels like quite a lot of extraction was done here although there is plenty of freshness, purity and life to set against the grip and rather raw edge. Drining Window: 2021-2028. (11/25/19)"
92 points Allen Meadows (Burghound): "Still very deeply colored. An exceptionally ripe but not roasted nose features notes of baked plum, black cherry liqueur, warm earth and soft wood, spice and orange peel. The super-rich and remarkably concentrated big-bodied flavors are muscular, powerful and brimming with palate soaking dry extract, all wrapped in a robust, rustic and noticeably warm finish that leans out ever-so-slightly. This is still years away from its likely peak and it is very much a child of its (extreme) vintage and while it is undoubtedly freakishly impressive, I can't say that it's what I look for. Drink: Try from 2033+. (Mar 2023)"
91+ points Stephen Tanzer (Vinous): "Very deep red, by far the darkest in the tasting; showing no amber yet. Bordeaux-like nose combines redcurrant, black raspberry, graphite, mocha, cedar, licorice, mint and bouquet garni; it's hard to recognize Burgundy here (Jérôme Flous noted that "we feared that 2018 would be like 2003 but we were saved by having a lot of moisture in the soil"). A medicinal, mouthfilling monster with its black fruit and menthol flavors conveying a distinctly "southern" dried-fruit and Provençal herb character. Today the finish is cut off by palate-shattering tannins. Erwan Faiveley describes this as "one of the biggest Burgundies I've ever tasted," noting that its IPT (indice de polyphénols totaux) is 130, which is off the charts. And I recall that when François Faiveley first showed me this wine from barrel in late 2004 (he bottled it early, in December of that year), he predicted that it would need at least 15 years of bottle aging; that has turned out to be an understatement. In fact, I wonder if this bulletproof wine will ever truly be easy to drink. I'm not sure if I would have pegged it blind as Pinot Noir. (This wine weighs in at 14.4% alcohol, while the rest of the vintages in this tasting are typically between 13.2% and 13.7%; 3.57 pH; 3.5 g/l acidity; from a harvest that began on August 25; just 18 hectoliters per hectare produced) Drink: 2028-2048. (Mar 2019)"
| Product SKU | 351003 |
| Producer | Faiveley |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| SubRegion | Côtes de Beaune |
| Appellation | Aloxe-Corton |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2003 |
| Size | 750ml |
| Color | Red |
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