Corton-Charlemagne

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Corton-Charlemagne is a prestigious white Burgundy Grand Cru appellation in France, renowned for its powerful, age-worthy Chardonnay wines.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Corton-Charlemagne canonical 2
Charlemagne Grand Cru 1
Corton hill 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French wine appellation
Grand Cru vineyard
white Burgundy appellation
agingPotential long-term cellaring
often 10–20 years or more
AOCStatus Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée
appellationType Grand Cru
climate continental climate
communeIncludes Aloxe-Corton
Ladoix-Serrigny
Pernand-Vergelesses
country France
grapeColor white grapes
grapeVarietyAllowed Chardonnay
historicalAssociation Charlemagne
knownFor age-worthy Chardonnay wines
powerful white Burgundy wines
legalDesignation Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru AOC
locatedIn Burgundy wine region
Côte de Beaune
eastern France
notableFeature one of the most prestigious white Grand Crus in Burgundy
orientation south-facing slopes
southwest-facing slopes
west-facing slopes
primaryGrapeVariety Chardonnay
productionType still wine
region Côte d'Or
surface form: Côte-d’Or department
regulatingBody INAO
sharesHillWith Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Charlemagne Grand Cru

Corton Grand Cru
situatedOn Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
surface form: Corton hill
soilType limestone
marl
typicalAlcoholRange around 13–14 percent ABV
typicalAromas butter
citrus fruit
hazelnut
honey with age
stone fruit
white flowers
typicalFlavourProfile full-bodied
high acidity
mineral character
wineColor white
wineStyle white wine

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aloxe-Corton hasGrandCru Corton-Charlemagne
Pernand-Vergelesses hasGrandCruVineyardsOn Corton-Charlemagne
Corton-Charlemagne situatedOn Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Corton hill
Corton-Charlemagne sharesHillWith Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Charlemagne Grand Cru
Corton-Charlemagne legalDesignation Corton-Charlemagne self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru AOC