Winemaker Notes
Ruby red in color with pretty aromatics including fruits notes like blackcurrant and gooseberry. The palate is ripe with rich tannins, along with spice and toast aromas. A gourmet wine and classic in style for this appellation. It is a round wine.
Ideal for white meats such as rabbit but also lamb and duck and grilled meats, beef, and veal braised or fine charcuterie.
Professional Ratings
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2024 Colin Barollet Pinot Noir is a fine and expressive example of a well-made Vin de France, showing a light garnet color and opening with gently rustic aromas of fresh garden herbs, wild strawberry, and a subtle hint of forest floor. On the palate, this wine is bitingly crisp and frisky, delivering bright red cherry flavors, savory herbal notes, and a lively acidity that keeps the profile energetic, refreshing, and admirably precise. For an authentic and elevated match, pair this Pinot Noir with Poulet rôti aux herbes de garrigue — a farmhouse-style roast chicken seasoned with thyme, rosemary, and garlic, finished with a delicate pan jus and served alongside sautéed fingerling potatoes; the herbal complexity of the dish beautifully echoes the wine’s rustic style. (Tasted: November 20, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
Colin Barollet is an estate located in the celebrated Meursault region of Burgundy, it dates back to 1879. The Domaine is known from producing wines of elegance, finesse, and balance. Incredible wines for this price. The Maison is in the very heart of the Côte de Beaune, reflects its long history in this magnificent Bourgogne vineyard. Their culture, their expertise built up over several generations, their passion for the earth and wine are values that they share in their family. Each and every day, their ambition drives their desire to go even further and share their experience. The estate cultivates vines and vinifies the most wonderful appellations in Bourgogne with a driving desire to reveal the full expression of the terroirs and the celebrated climats of this historic region.
Thin-skinned, finicky and temperamental, Pinot Noir is also one of the most rewarding grapes to grow and remains a labor of love for some of the greatest vignerons in Burgundy. Fairly adaptable but highly reflective of the environment in which it is grown, Pinot Noir prefers a cool climate and requires low yields to achieve high quality. Outside of France, outstanding examples come from in Oregon, California and throughout specific locations in wine-producing world. Somm Secret—André Tchelistcheff, California’s most influential post-Prohibition winemaker decidedly stayed away from the grape, claiming “God made Cabernet. The Devil made Pinot Noir.”
A small category representing the wines that either fall outside of appellation lines or don’t subscribe to the law and traditions set forth by the French government within certain classified appellations, “Vin De France” is a catch-all that includes some of the most basic French wines as well as those of superior quality. The category includes large production, value-driven wines. It also includes some that were made with a great deal of creativity, diligence and talent by those who desire to make wine outside of governmental restrictions. These used to be called Vin de Table (table wine) but were renamed to compete with other European countries' wines of similar quality.