Patrick Javillier, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions_italy Egon Mullers 2011 collection tasted

Egon Mullers 2011 collection tasted last September at the Scharzhof in his absence represents an intensively selective harvest that extended from mid-October into November and resulted in one of the numerically smallest number of individual bottlings in the history of this venerable estate smaller even than the number from 20100

intense and mineral-inflected broad-shouldered flavors are an exercise in restraint

this is potentially a great wine

There is excellent punch

Patrick Javillier, Corton Charlemagne Blanc other_regions_italy Egon Mullers 2011 collection tasted(from Corton Pougets). This is the first wine to display any appreciable amount of wood and even here its quite subtle as it easily allows the notably exotic aromas of dried yellow fruit, lychee nut and dried tangerine peel infused aromas to shine. This is a markedly powerful effort, even by the elevated standards of Corton Charlemagne, with its dense and muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a beautifully complex if mildly edgy and dry