Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey St-Aubin La Chateniere Premier Cru 2017
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This wine is made with grapes from two 55-year-old plots that are so steep they have to be worked by hand. Chatenière is a slightly warmer site than neighbouring Champlots, and the greater richness is apparent in the wine with some creamy lees rounding out the sappy, floral, citrus flavours.
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A briny, seashore aroma gives way to lime blossom, white peach and apple notes, all backed by lively acidity. Balanced and supple, with fine cut extending the complex flavors on the aftertaste. Very compelling. Drink now through 2027
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
Tasted from bottle from my cellar, Pierre-Yves Colin's 2017 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chatenière is showing very well, opening in the glass with a youthful bouquet of crisp green apple, pear, white flowers and citrus oil that's still a little reserved. On the palate, however, the wine is more accessible: medium to full-bodied, with a glossy attack, succulent acids and chalky dry extract. It's a fleshy but precise Saint-Aubin that will clearly reward further bottle age.
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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 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.