2015 Domaine Leroy Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

Vinous Media (VM)

The 2015 Corton-Charlemagne, is like all of Lalou Bize-Leroy’s whites, a very serious wine that needs both cellaring and considerable aeration. Powerful, phenolic and bright, the 2015 is going to need at least a few years in barrel and a good bit of oxygenation when it is opened to allow some of the signature reduction to blow off. Citrus, lemon oil, white flowers and crushed rocks abound. The heat of the year has softened some of the wine’s youthful edge, but without marking it excessively.