CHASSAGNE MONTRACHET
2022 Domaine Joseph Colin
Grapes | Chardonnay |
Colour | White |
Origin | France, Burgundy |
District | Côte d'Or |
Sub-district | Côte de Beaune |
Village | Chassagne Montrachet |
ABV | 13.0% |
Riper, broader Chassagne nose. From 3 parcels. Richer and delicious, on chalk. Fuller fruit but with excellent length, finesse and freshness. White peaches and flowers. Very satisfying. L&S (Dec 2023)
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(from Les Meix Goudard, Blanchot Dessous and En Journoblot). Ripe and layered aromas speak of rosemary oil, petrol and various white orchard fruit scents. There is both good volume and underlying tension to the utterly delicious and relatively refined middleweight flavors that contrast with the moderately austere and borderline rustic finale that offers better than average depth and persistence. This is quality, and age-worthy, Chassagne villages. Drinking range: 2024 - 2029 Rating: 89 Allen Meadows, www.Burghound.com (Jun 2024)
From three plots by the 1er and grand cru vineyards. Pale lemon and lime. Plenty of energy here, linear, obviously from white soil, pure orchard fruit with a fresh finish. Drinking range: 2026 - 2030 Rating: **** Jasper Morris - Inside Burgundy (Jan 2024)
Domaine Joseph Colin
Joseph Colin is one of the four children of Marc Colin (the others being Pierre-Yves, Damien and Caroline), who had a large domaine with vines in Saint Aubin, Santenay, Chassagne and Puligny. Pierre-Yves left the family domaine in 2005 and after that Joseph was an important member of the team there. After making a token 1800 or so bottles on his own account in 2016, he started in earnest with 2017, with seven hectares of vines, from which he makes an astonishing nineteen different cuvées.
Most of the vines he has in Saint Aubin are young, but by limiting bunches to six or seven per vine, he manages to control the yields. With plenty of time to learn his craft at Domaine Marc Colin, he has developed into a confident winemaker. He experimented with sulphur levels in the wines at the family domaine, so coming to his current view that the wines should be left the longest time possible without added S02, perhaps adding some at racking, but if he feels there's still enough C02 after racking, he will not even add any at that stage, so as to develop 'wine at its purest', but he is keen to say also that he has no standard recipe - he will adapt to each wine. In 2020 he again used no S02 until just before bottling, but he's clear that if there's some botrytis, for example, he will add it earlier. Generally nothing is either fined or filtered. He is very aware of biodynamics, but says that the tides are more important than just the phase of the moon, and that he places less importance on whether it's a fruit or flower day - for him the important thing is not to manipulate a wine when it's tasting good - you must do it when it's not showing well.
Joseph is a very bright new prospect for lovers of precise, pure white Burgundies with fresh acidity and crystalline definition.
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