Edmond Cornu, Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru, 2010 Needs Description Magnums move slower than bottles

Magnums move slower than bottles

Made from 75% corn

Think of it as a baby Montée de Tonnerre: crystalline and flinty

high-toned red and blue fruit over that flinty schist minerality

but from Chave's estate vines

Edmond Cornu, Corton-Bressandes Grand Cru, 2010 Needs Description Magnums move slower than bottlesGrand Cru red Burgundy from one of the great modern vintages, now sixteen years old and drinking in its stride. Bressandes is generally held to be the most elegant and finely structured of the red climats on the hill of Corton, an east facing band of limestone rich soil, and Edmond Cornu & Fils farms about half a hectare of it. The domaine is based in Ladoix Serrigny, one of the Cte de Beaune's least fashionable villages, and Pierre Cornu has run it