Joseph Colin - Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Sous Roche Dumay 2019

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Producer	Joseph Colin
Country	France
Region	Burgundy
Subregion	Cote de Beaune
Varietal	Chardonnay
Vintage	2019
Sku	12007106
Size	750ml

 

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Country: France
Region: Saint-Aubin, Burgundy
Variety: Chardonnay
Terroir: 20+ year old vines; western exposition; limestone and a bit of clay; 350 m in altitude
Winemaking: sustainable farming; indigenous yeast; aged in 25% new barrels

Joseph Colin is the son of Marc Colin and younger brother of Pierre-Yves Colin. After Pierre-Yves left in 2003 to start his now famous PYCM, Joseph took over Domaine Marc Colin with his two younger siblings, having worked with his father since 1993 at the age of 19. In 2017 Joseph followed in his older brother’s footsteps, by peeling 6+ hectares from the original family property to begin his own story. This process of bestowing the oldest children with some of the most beautiful vines in the world to make their own way in the wine world is a Burgundian tradition. In the case of the Colin family, the parcels they were given include some of the choicest nuggets of Chardonnay soil on the planet, with the mother lode centered in and around St. Aubin, Puligny and Chassagne. Having started working with his father full-time at such a young age, Joseph knows the rocks and vines in this white Burgundy mecca like few others, meticulously caring for each parcel like his own personal garden. He has a hands-off approach in the cellar, fermenting with indigenous yeast and aging all of the wines in 350L barrels on their fine lees until bottling. The wines are all top examples of this most sacred of Chardonnay terroirs, with an electricity and verve that is so sought yet so rarely found. -Skurnik

"Mingling aromas of pear, orange oil, white flowers and clear honey, the 2019 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Sous Roche Dumay is medium to full-bodied, layered and fleshy, with lively acids that girdle an ample core of fruit, concluding with a saline finish. The extra concentration of the vintage has brought an additional dimension to this younger vine cuvée."