Producer: Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey 
Region: Saint-Aubin, Cote de Beaune, Burgundy, France 
Varietal: Chardonnay 
Year: 2018 

Decanter, 93 Points 

"Aromas of ripe apricots and citrus peel. The texture is pleasantly waxy, with perhaps less acidity than some sites, but enough mineral and smoke notes to be recognisably Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. This wine is produced from 50-year-old vines in the south-facing but high altitude site of Le Blanc in St-Aubin. The grapes were picked starting on the 20th of August and were fermented in large, mostly neutral casks." 

Wine Advocate, 91 Points 

"Lieu-dit Le Banc, formerly bottled as such, makes up some 80% of Colin's 2020 Saint-Aubin Village. Exhibiting aromas of pear, orange oil, white flowers and freshly baked bread, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and lively, with chalky dry extract and bright girdling acids. The 2020 vintage is another very promising year for Pierre-Yves Colin, who finds the wines a bit more charming and demonstrative than the more serious, structured 2019s—the latter a vintage we revisited in bottle and which appears to possess considerable aging potential. As readers may know, Colin's bigger cuvées are crushed and see four-hour press cycles, whereas smaller cuvées aren't crushed but see even longer press cycles lasting five or more hours. Vinification and maturation in barrel, with a heavy emphasis on larger-format barrels, follows." 

Burghound, 

"A smoky, cool and restrained nose combines notes of white peach with those of mineral reduction and freshly sliced grapefruit. The mouthfeel of the medium-bodied flavors is also quite sleek with fine precision and vibrancy that carry over to the lemony, dry and focused finale." 

Alcohol: 12.7% 

Sustainably farmed. 

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