Hubert Lamy St-Aubin En Remilly Premier Cru 2017
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The 2017 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly is also very promising, delivering scents of peach, white flowers, fresh hazelnuts, crushed rocks and smoke. Medium to full-bodied and racy, it's saline and precise, with plenty of controlled mid-palate amplitude and a long, mineral finish.
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With 2ha of vines in the middle and upper part of this premier cru, Olivier Lamy is a significant owner. Using 1% (yes, 1%!) new wood, this is fruit and soil-dominated, with notes of fennel and crème fraîche joined by chalky minerality and the crunchy acidity that comes with the territory when you pick this early.
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A steep, upcountry basin (referred to as a combe in French) in the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, St. Aubin is a direct westerly neighbor to Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet. Recent years have seen a boom in white wine production so that now Chardonnay accounts for more than three quarters of area under vine here. Two thirds of St. Aubin is classified Premier Cru (30 total vineyards); most notable include Les Charmois, La Chatenière, En Remilly and Les Murgers Dents de Chie. The Premiers Crus of St. Aubin, wrapping like a ribbon upon the southeast and southwest facing slopes, produce fresh and elegant whites from Chardonnay. When young, these tout a refreshing grip and convey qualities of white flowers, citrus, pear, green almond and wet stone. Given some age, a graceful evolution occurs so that older St. Aubin whites express richer aromas of beeswax, honey, marzipan and spice.