Patrick Javillier, Corton Charlemagne Blanc Vintage:2008 Gaja doesn’t really need to

Gaja doesn’t really need to say anything

even at the first sniff of the bouquet

This is the 13th edition that Vietti has come out with

high glycerin and good acidity

Patrick Javillier, Corton Charlemagne Blanc Vintage:2008 Gaja doesn’t really need to(from Corton Pougets). This is the first wine to display any appreciable amount of wood and even here its quite subtle as it easily allows the notably exotic aromas of dried yellow fruit, lychee nut and dried tangerine peel infused aromas to shine. This is a markedly powerful effort, even by the elevated standards of Corton Charlemagne, with its dense and muscular big bodied flavors that terminate in a beautifully complex if mildly edgy and dry