Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne-Montrachet Les Caillerets Premier Cru 2019
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Always one of the highlights of the portfolio, Pierre-Yves Colin's 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Caillerets unwinds in the glass with scents of citrus zest, white flowers, blanched almonds, crisp green apple and nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, it's deep and concentrated, with tangy acids, chalky structuring extract, and a long, precise finish.
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Jasper Morris
All lemon rather than lime in colour. A lovely classy nose, not showing too much ripeness, picked on 8th September at 14.2%. Softly ripe, but very pleasing, there is a thick layer of sweet ripe fruit, then a few grapefruit notes to keep the balance. Long and mouth-filling, with the requisite stony feel, but flesh takes the lead.
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This is from a parcel at the western end of the vineyard known as En Cailleret, located at the top of the slope, between 280-300m, where the topsoil thinly covers the limestone. As a consequence, the wine leans strongly to the lemony peel and chalk end of the spectrum. However, in 2019 it is not lacking a bit of flesh because of the heat of the year. A marvellous success, with exquisite balance and length.
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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 Côte de Beaune village of Burgundy most famous for its beautifully textured and powerful whites, Chassagne-Montrachet reaches farthest south in the Côte d’Or, save for the village of Santenay. It has three Grands Crus vineyards: Le Montrachet, Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet. Le Montrachet and Bâtard-Montrachet overlap with and are (confusingly) shared with the village of Puligny-Montrachet. But Chassagne-Montrachet bears sole ownership of the Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet Grand Cru.
The beauty doesn’t stop there as the village has a great many outstanding Premiers Crus wines and village level wines. Most famous Premiers Crus vineyards include Les Chenevottes, Clos de la Maltroie, En Cailleret and Les Ruchottes. Also, village level wines offer many lovely examples of what Chassagne-Montrachet has to offer, but at more approachable price points and perhaps less demand of waiting.
The best sites in Chassagne-Montrachet have complex soils of sedimentary rock and limestone (with less marl). Whites, which are by law composed of 100% Chardonnay (as in all classified white Burgundy from Côte d’Or), have steely power, bright and concentrated citrus, stone or tropical fruit characteristics and attractive textures ranging from plush to tactile, grippy and mineral-driven.
There is some fine Pinot Noir produced from the village. These wines tend to be high-toned and earthy, with wild herb aromas and suave tannins.