The 2010 Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru offers an enticing array of marine scents on the nose: cockle shells and estuarine aromas. Give it a couple more minutes and watch those lovely grilled walnut scents flourish and multiply so that is ends up almost Meursault Perrieres in character. The palate makes an immediate impression on the entry with that subtle nutty theme continuing, partnered with racy acidity, superb concentration and a long, tense finish that is energetic and surfeit with mineralite, flint popping up on the finish. So delicious you could broach a bottle now - but that would be depriving you of what will be in a decade-s time! Drink 2016-2035.

– eRobertParker.com, Dec 2013

A wine of pure and ample breadth, the 2011 Corton-Charlemagne has really shut down over the last few months. Pear, almond and white peach notes emerge, but only with great reluctance. Today it is the wine's intense minerality and salinity that dominate. The 2010 is a big wine. Accordingly it will require a measure of patience in the cellar. This is one of the more inward, unexpressive bottles of the 2010 I have tasted, but its inner strength is apparent.

A very subtle hint of wood frames the restrained, airy, cool and very fresh nose of green apple, citrus and lightly spiced pear aromas that include a touch of mineral reduction. The intensely mineral-driven flavors possess a mouth feel of pure silk thanks to the ample amount of dry extract that buffers well the very firm and bright acidity that supports the transparent, long and refined finish. This bone dry effort is beautifully well-balanced and because of the abundant extract it will be approachable young yet probably require at least a decade to arrive at its full apogee.

– Burghound.com, Issue 51. Tasted: Jun 2013

This had been racked at the end of Aug 2011 and was still on the lees. No fining. Looked deeper than the 2009. A floral, very linear nose with more obvious fruit than the 2009. Good weight on the palate. Great fresh lemon verbena appeal. Very pretty and appealing. Not massive, and super clean, almost scrubbed. Dancing and lively and still slightly astringent on the finish. Drink: 2015 to 2025
-24 Jan 2012 by JR