Corton has a reputation as the grand cru that makes you wait Bressandes is the climat that flirts back. It sits on the hill’s east-facing mid-slope, on iron-rich red clay over limestone, and it reliably gives the fleshiest, most red-fruited version of Corton there is. Chantereves treat it the way they treat everything: grapes bought from growers farming organically, unhurried low-intervention levage, no oak makeup smeared over the top. The 2023 leads with dark cherry and blood orange over a graphite spine, showing more depth than sheer weight, and tannins that grip without bruising. Grand Cru seriousness that doesn’t demand a decade of patience before it says anything though it will absolutely reward one.