Winemaker Notes
Intense and complex, with opulent fruit, and lacy streak of mineral and tons of stuffing.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2015 Puligny-Montrachet Le Trezin saw 25% new oak and was taken from tank. There is a hint of oyster shell and crustacea on the well-defined, personality-driven bouquet. I like the energy conveyed here. The palate is well balanced with a caressing entry, the acidity nicely judged and the new oak lending subtle tropical hints, guava and pineapple, which combine seamlessly with the lemon curd and passion fruit notes on the finish. Probably too delicious to cellar, though I suspect it will age, this is a fine Le Trezin from Domaine Marc Colin.
Range: 89-91
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
A source of some of the finest, juicy, silky and elegantly floral Chardonnay in the Côte de Beaune, Puligny-Montrachet lies just to the north of Chassagne-Montrachet, a village with which it shares two of its Grands Crus vineyards: Le Montrachet itself and Bâtard-Montrachet. Its other two, which it owns in their entirety, are Chevalier-Montrachet and Bienvenues-Bâtard-Montrachet. And still, some of the finest white Burgundy wines come from the prized Premiers Crus vineyards of Puligny-Montrachet. To name a few, Les Pucelles, Le Clavoillon, Les Perrières, Les Referts and Les Combettes, as well as the rest, lie northeast and up slope from the Grands Crus.
Farther to the southeast are village level whites and the hamlet of Blagny where Pinot Noir grows best and has achieved Premier Cru status.