Domaine Henri Magnien - Corton Grand Cru 'Les Grandes Lolieres' 2021

Founded in 1987, Domaine Henri Magnien is a small family estate, with 6 hectares, located in Gevrey-Chambertin. After working side by side with his father Francois, Charles took over the domaine in 2012 and has taken the wines to new heights. He is considered to be one of the rising stars in Burgundy.

They have been using an old clone which is called Pinot Noir Magnien, aged between 70 to 100 years old, bringing unusual power and spiciness to the wines. The domaine has many of the very best vineyards, including Lavaux St-Jacques, Les Cazetiers and Ruchottes-Chambertin. In the past five years, they have converted 70-80% of their vineyards to organic viticulture.

"More ruby in the colour, a little more density than for La Coutière. The bouquet has a light floral touch but with some red berry fruit beneath. At the lighter end of Corton, but on the palate the wine puts on weight. Nothing heavy and the tannins are fine, while the fruit persists nicely. Drink from 2026-2031"  89-92 points, Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy 89-92

"Moderate wood can be found on the ripe aromas of mostly plum and black currant with background hints of earth and the sauvage. There is again very good volume and solid concentration to the tautly muscular larger-scaled flavors that also coat the palate with dry extract on the youthfully austere, compact and firm finale. This well-made effort use better depth, which should reasonably occur." 90-93 points Burghound 

Producer: Henri Magnien

Country: France

Region: Burgundy

Varietal: Pinot Noir

Appellation: Corton Grand Cru 

Vintage: 2021

Size: 750ml