Beschreibung:

Domaine Joseph Faiveley Francois Faiveley, sixth generation, directs this 120 hectare domaine, founded in 1825, with extensive holdings throughout Burgundy. The house style across appellations calls for structured wines that age very well. Faiveley's muscularity excels in hot vintages, such as 1990 and puts in strong efforts in so-called off-vintages. Indeed, some of the vineyards generally held in lesser regard demonstrate a remarkably ability to age when bottled at Chez Faiveley. The vineyards themselves consist of old vines reproducing from their own stock rather than commercial clones. Strict pruning in conjunction with green harvest when called for maintains low yields. Bunches are entirely de-stemmed and the grapes are fermented with indigenous yeasts at cool temperature with lengthy skin contact. His best wines are hand bottled unfiltered, barrel by barrel which maybe up to fifty percent new oak. Depending on the cru, upwards of fifty percent new oak can be utilized during maturation. In the end, the wines strike a superb balance between concentration and elegance. Clos des Cortons, the company's flagship monopole, is an intense, robust, briary and earthy wine with exceedingly good grip. Another monopole, the Clos de la Marichale comes across as touch tight and rustic in its youth becomes longer and lithe with age, maintaining remarkable freshness for a Nuits-St.-Georges. In Gevrey, the Clos de Beze is a dense darkly fruited wine displaying great breed while the Mazis, perhaps the most profound of Faiveley's Grand Crus, puts forth a myriad of iron, game and truffle flavors. Truly a white wine trapped in a red wine's body, the Corton-Charlemagne is a powerful and nearly explosive chardonnay made in an over the top style. JC Corton, Clos des Cortons--Vintage 1988 Côte de Beaune, Faiveley Lot 193 cracked wax capsule. Lot 194 levels: five 2cm or better and one 4cm; four signs of seepage, cracked wax capsules Both lots in original wooden cases Both lots with signed bottles "Faiveley made a sensational wine from the firm's exclusively owned Corton-Clos de Corton monopole vineyard. It is the most backward and tannic of all the Faiveley 1988s, and has a dense ruby/purple color, a sensational bouquet of raspberries that reminded me more of Cote R0tie than Burgundy, fabulous length and richness, good acidity, and an elevated level of tannins in the finish. This wine should be one of the few 1988s from Faiveley to last 20 or more years." Robert Parker Burgundy Book (1990) 6 magnums per lot