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2020 Aloxe-Corton, Domaine Follin-Arbelet, Burgundy
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Pinot Noir
Ready - youthful
(Drink 2023 - 2035)
- Jancis Robinson MW
- 16/20
- Jasper Morris MW
- 87-89/100
- Neal Martin
- 87-89/100
Product: 20201031898
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Description
The 2020 Aloxe-Corton, by Domaine Follin-Arbelet, is from two plots: La Toppe Martineau (southwest) and Boulmeau (southeast). They have recently planted Chardonnay in the latter also. This has everything you could want from a wine at this level: bright, crunchy, easy fruit; sufficient substance to lift it above generic; and just enough of the chunky style that differentiates Aloxe from other villages’ offerings.
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2020
Alcohol % 14%
Maturity Ready - youthful
(2023 - 2035)
Grape List Pinot Noir
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine Follin-Arbelet
Critics reviews
Jancis Robinson MW 16/20
Cask sample
Good price! Solid purple-berry fruit. Nothing desperately subtle but serviceable.
Drink 2027 - 2035
Drink 2027 - 2035
Jasper Morris MW 87-89/100
Deep purple without the black, sweeter, simpler and oakier, than the excellent Fichots, still with the good acidity of the vintage, no more than medium length. Attractive and the tannins are not rustic.
Neal Martin 87-89/100
The 2020 Aloxe-Corton Village felt a little muted on the nose, reluctantly opening with blackberry, briary and light briny aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins. Strict and focused but with commendable delineation on the sapid finish. It lacks a little flair, but it should give a decade’s worth of drinking pleasure.
Drink 2023 - 2033
Drink 2023 - 2033
About this wine
Aloxe-Corton
These two Grand Cru vineyards, Corton and Corton-Charlemagne, lie astride three villages at the northern end of the Côte de Beaune: Ladoix, Aloxe-Corton and Pernand-Vergelesses. The main body of the hill of Corton faces due south, with the white wines mostly coming from the west and south-west expositions. Corton is almost entirely red but there are a few white wines too.
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