Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru
- Red
About Edmond Cornu & Fils
The Cornu family settled in the town of Ladoix in 1870 and established the domaine in 1875.
The Cornu family settled in the town of Ladoix in 1870 and established the domaine in 1875.
Pierre typically ages and bottles his two premier-cru holdings in Aloxe-Corton—a half-hectare in “Les Moutottes” and a 0.3-hectare parcel in “Les Valozières”—separately, but he is occasionally obliged to combine them if a given vintage’s yields do not permit separation. As Pierre is wont to quip, “Moutottes” is the belle danceuse (“beautiful dancer”) and “Valozières” the rugby man, and their characters truly are strikingly divergent. However, as with many couplings of ostensible opposites, they meld beautifully. Massive but supple, the Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru combines iron-ore ferocity with an intense blast of spice, and its dense and unrelenting finish promises years of positive development.