Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru 2021 Valle de Maule This modest appellation produces a

This modest appellation produces a firmly-structured wine of rich color

then the wine is racked into smaller barrels (5 hectoliters) of French oak origin for an additional 12 to 18 months

frequently on the order of 65%

“Lapideus” has a leaner

twenty percent of the Roussette is raised in small to medium-sized barrels

Edmond Cornu & Fils Aloxe-Corton 1er Cru 2021 Valle de Maule This modest appellation produces aPierre typically ages and bottles his two premier cru holdings in Aloxe Cortona half hectare in Les Moutottes and a 0. 3 hectare parcel in Les Valoziresseparately, but low yields in the stressed 2021 vintage led him to combine them. As Pierre is wont to quip, Moutottes is the belle danceuse (beautiful dancer) and Valozires the rugby man, and their characters truly are strikingly divergent. However, as with many couplings of ostensible opposites, they