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Today the ‘front of house’ face of 24ha domaine is Nathalie Tollot. She is the 5th generation to run a domaine that has been run from the same premises for over 100 years — since late 19th century — though parts of the cellars are as much as 250 years old.In the vineyard, Tollot-Beaut does not use fertilisers, and green harvests are usually performed to limit yields. Grapes are harvested manually on a plot-by-plot basis. Red fruit is mostly destemmed and lightly handled to avoid crushing before going into fermentation tanks.
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Producers of Corton have the option of labeling the wine as simply “Corton,” or adding the name of one of 28 individual climats that make up this Corton Grand Cru. Corton-Bressandes is a well-known, east-facing mid slope climat with high limestone content often cited as one of the very best climats of the hill.
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I know this domaine well and have visited them many times over the last 25 years. In my experience you have opened these GC's at a very young age and they usually need around 15 - 25 years to show their best. Personally I would even give most of their village wines 10 years. I still have several wines, at village, 1er and GC from 1998/99/2000/01/02/03 waiting for the right moment.
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Indeed Paul, but to be fair this may have been a trade tasting. The 1998 Corton Bressandes is almost ready and the 2007 is drinking well. A 1976 drunk a few years ago now, was sublime.
