2019 Chassagne-Montrachet, Les Caillerets, 1er Cru, Joseph Colin, Burgundy
Critics reviews
Once again there are hints of exotic fruit present on the ultra-fresh aromas of various white fleshed fruit that include white peach and passion fruit. The dense and exceptionally rich, even opulent, flavors are more mineral driven if less powerful while the impressively lengthy finish flashes fine complexity. Like the Vide Bourse, this is excellent and a wine that should also reward a decade plus of keeping.
Allen Meadows, Burghound
Colin's 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru En Cailleret—note the change in orthography—is showing very nicely, unwinding in the glass with scents of pear, orange oil, white flowers and clear honey. Medium to full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's satiny and incisive, with racy acids, chalky structuring extract and a long, mineral finish.
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
About this WINE
Domaine Joseph Colin
Joseph Colin is one of the four children of Marc Colin of St Aubin. Having worked at the family domaine until the 2016 vintage, Joseph decided, like his brother Pierre-Yves Colin- Morey before him, to strike out on his own: he took his six-hectare share of the vineyards and set up in the small cellar under his parents’ house. His philosophy is that wines are made in the vineyard and as such his winemaking shouldn’t dominate the wines. He uses relatively little sulphur; new oak is around 15% across the range, never exceeding 20%.
Chardonnay
Chardonnay is often seen as the king of white wine grapes and one of the most widely planted in the world It is suited to a wide variety of soils, though it excels in soils with a high limestone content as found in Champagne, Chablis, and the Côte D`Or.
Burgundy is Chardonnay's spiritual home and the best White Burgundies are dry, rich, honeyed wines with marvellous poise, elegance and balance. They are unquestionably the finest dry white wines in the world. Chardonnay plays a crucial role in the Champagne blend, providing structure and finesse, and is the sole grape in Blanc de Blancs.
It is quantitatively important in California and Australia, is widely planted in Chile and South Africa, and is the second most widely planted grape in New Zealand. In warm climates Chardonnay has a tendency to develop very high sugar levels during the final stages of ripening and this can occur at the expense of acidity. Late picking is a common problem and can result in blowsy and flabby wines that lack structure and definition.
Recently in the New World, we have seen a move towards more elegant, better- balanced and less oak-driven Chardonnays, and this is to be welcomed.
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Joseph’s three parcels here average over 70 years of age. This wine took a year to finish fermenting; it’s therefore a little more backward at the moment and Joseph may allow longer ageing. Angular and intensely saline, with lots of latent power but a little awkward, this has huge potential but will require some patience. Drink 2026-2037.
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