Burgundy/Champagne

Timed Online Auction, 11 - 23 October 2023

Burgundy & Champagne

Sold for

ZAR 3 752
Lot 41
  • Faiveley; Clos des Cortons ; 2002; 1 (1 x 1); 750ml


Lot Estimate
ZAR 4 000 - 8 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 3 752

About this Item

2002 Clos des Cortons
1 (1 x 1) 750ml

In 1825, pioneer Pierre Faiveley founded a merchant business in Nuits-Saint-Georges. His passion for trading and ageing wines soon led him to purchase his own vine parcels and establish a domaine to grow and produce his own wines. Today, at 115 hectares, Domaine Faiveley is one of the biggest in Burgundy and many consider it one of the best. Under the management of 7th generation Erwan Faiveley and Bernard Hervet as Managing Director, there has been a considerable investment in expanding the domaine’s vineyard holdings, including plots in Pommard, Volnay, Monthélie, Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet and Meursault. Many of Faiveley's top cuvées are bottled by hand with no filtration, resulting in clean, luxurious wines that showcase the best of Pinot Noir. Their concentration and richness are difficult to rival.

Provenance

Wine Cellar Private Client

Critics Ratings

‘Still deep ruby color. The expressive nose remains cool and fresh with its notes of menthol, wood, red and dark currant and pungent humus-inflected earth scents. The highly energetic broad-shouldered flavors are robust and muscular though not particularly rustic on the mineral-suffused finish that is still quite firm thanks to the somewhat strict tannins.’ - Allen Meadows, Burghound.com, 93/100 (May 2018)

'The same can't be said about the Faiveley's 2002 Corton Clos des Cortons, which was tight and imposing from the very first taste. Still, it was impossible to miss the wine's huge center of fruit, phenomenal balance and massive potential for the future. What a gorgeous wine!' - Antonio Galloni, Vinous, 96/100 (Feb 2012)

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