This is powerful and rich, allowing just a note of freshness to creep into the firm structure. Dark tannins, black fruits and smoky wood flavors combine harmoniously, lending a sense of great power and long-term aging potential. Drink from 2019. — Roger Voss

Bouchard Père et Fils has always made exceptional Corton and I think the switch away from Taransaud barrels is going to benefit this cuvée tremendously in the years to come. The 2011 Corton is a great, great wine in the making, soaring from the glass in a stunning mélange of cherries, currants, orange peel, gamebirds, coffee, stony soil tones, coriander and a judicious base of cedary wood. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and very primary in character, with a rock solid core, laser-like focus, firm, but ripe tannins and outstanding length and grip on the still very youthful and oh, so promising finish. This will be a very long-lived and absolutely brilliant example of Corton.