Jean-Marc Pillot Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2020 [NET] NO WINE SEARCHER dried apricots

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The fruit based brandies and eau di vie they make are ethereal and transcendent

the berries are macerated in pure grain alcohol for at least three months

and mineral

Jean-Marc Pillot Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru 2020 [NET] NO WINE SEARCHER dried apricotsJean Marc Pillot distinct from cousins Paul Pillot and Fernand & Laurent Pillot is a fourth generation Chassagne white wine specialist, and this Corton Charlemagne is a tiny, almost mythical production: just a couple of barrels per vintage, made from purchased fruit sourced through his friend Blair Pethel of Domaine Dublere. 2020 was a warm, sunny vintage, and the wine shows the appellation's signature muscularity: massive scale, intense minerality,