Domaine Meo Camuzet - Corton Perrieres 2020
Price: $449.96
Sale Price: $349.00
| Producer | Domaine Meo Camuzet |
| Country | France |
| Region | Burgundy |
| Varietal | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 600928 |
| Size | 750ml |
Corton Les Perrières is one of the six Grand Cru bottlings from Domaine Méo-Camuzet. The vineyard lies just north of Aloxe-Corton in a 0.67-hectare parcel planted in 1953 and 1954, making the vines over 70 years old. The name "Perrières" refers to the stony nature of the site—its soils are littered with round, often pink-colored stones that are said to lend a striking minerality to the wine. Though the soil is relatively deep, its rocky structure persists throughout, and the east-facing slope provides ideal ripening conditions.
Despite Corton’s reputation for firm, austere wines that require long aging, Méo-Camuzet’s Les Perrières shows a more nuanced personality. It opens with a sense of linearity and firmness, but unfolds with a supple underlying structure and a finely mineral-driven finish.
In the cellar, Méo-Camuzet handles the fruit with great precision: hand-harvested bunches are sorted carefully on conveyor belts, with up to 20% of the crop discarded to ensure quality. A cool pre-fermentation maceration of 3–5 days precedes fermentation in temperature-controlled concrete vats, lasting 2–3 weeks. Minimal sulfur is used, and punch-downs are reserved for the latter stages of vinification to avoid excessive extraction. After 17 months of aging in fine-grained new oak and older barrels, the wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered entirely by gravity.
Vinous Media: 93 Points
The 2020 Corton-Perrières Grand Cru has a refined nose that gently unfurls in the glass with dark cherries and bilberry fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe and quite bold tannins, fine acidity, quite dense and a little sinewy yet maintaining fine definition. Give this 4-5 years in bottle.
Wine Advocate: 93-95 Points
One of the highlights of the range this year is the 2020 Corton Grand Cru Les Perrières, a vibrant, mineral wine evocative of wild berries, forest floor, rich spices and rose petals. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and vibrant, with beautifully refined tannins and a long, penetrating finish, it's well worth seeking out. (WK)
Burghound: 91-94 Points
Méo commented that he believes that the 2020 version is the best that they have made. Exuberantly fresh yet decidedly ripe aromas include those of red and dark currant that are laced with floral, spice and oak hints. The firm, muscular and mineral-driven big-bodied flavors possess evident power and excellent length on the chewy, structured and lingering finish that flirts with rusticity.
