Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres Pierre Yves Colin Morey 2006

Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres Pierre Yves Colin Morey 2006

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  • Vinous rating 92
  • Robert Parker rating 91
Puligny Montrachet Les Folatieres Pierre Yves Colin Morey 2006
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Pierre-Yves is the eldest son of famous Burgundian winemaker Marc Colin. Based in Chassagne-Montrachet, all of the domaine`s wines are made with a clear focus on preserving the freshness of the fruit from grape to glass.
92 Vinous
White peach and flowers on the expressive nose, with hints of mint and redcurrant. Rich, large-scaled and broad, but at the same time fine-grained and quite dry, with subtle minty lift. Fuller than the foregoing wines, but built to age. Finishes with excellent length. This wine took eight months to ferment its sugars, according to Colin.Stephen Tanzer1st September 2008
Jancis Robinson
Bartlett pear, musk melon, and heady lily and gardenia perfume scent the nose in Colin’s 2006 Puligny-Montrachet Folatieres. Inner-mouth floral notes and nougat-like nutty richness lend a suggestion of sweetness, and this wine’s texture is opulently creamy, almost doughy; yet, an uncanny sense of clarity, purity, and refreshment is preserved along with decidedly alkaline and wet stone mineral character, all of which curb the flamboyant tendencies on exhibit in this long-finishing wine that should merit 5-7 years of cellaring.

In 2005, Marc Colin presided over a division of his estate among his four children, and Pierre-Yves Colin – who had worked at his father’s estate since 1995 and had been making a few barrels of his own from purchased grapes since 2001 – elected to strike out on his own, bottling in his inaugural vintage of 2006 a considerable range of wines in small lots – not all of which I tasted – both from his inheritance in Saint-Aubin and Chassagne and from (presently 30%) contract fruit (largely picked by picked by his own team) in Meursault and Puligny. (He employs the same label for both groups of wines). Colin is one of Burgundy’s unabashed admirers of Riesling, and while he believes in a long elevage for his wines, he does not stir their lees (yet his wines are flatteringly creamy in texture) and professes unconcern as to whether his wines complete malolactic fermentation. (Although I taste no indication that any of these 2006s failed to complete their malo, there is no question most are noticeably bright.) Colin overwhelmingly favors 350-liter barrels over standard (228- or 225-liter) barriques for the freshness and clarity he believes they confer, and even his less prestigious appellations receive 30-50% new wood. Like many in Chassagne, he felt comfortable delaying the commencement of his 2006 harvest until September 21, yet most of the resultant wines hover on either side of 13% alcohol.

A Daniel Johnnes Selection imported by Michael Skurn

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Minimalist approach to Burgundy wines

Established in Chassagne-Montrachet in 2001 through the collaboration of Pierre-Yves Colin and his wife Caroline Morey (both hailing from historic Burgundy winemaking families) the Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey estate comprises approximately 13 hectares of vineyards across the appellations Saint-Aubin, Chassagne-Montrachet, Santenay, Puligny-Montrachet, and Meursault.

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is the eldest son of St-Aubin winemaker Marc Colin. Since leaving his family domaine in 2005 to launch his own winery, Pierre-Yves has become one of the most-lauded winemakers on the Côte d'Or. His approach is very much minimal-interventionist: no batonnage for whites; minimal racking and extended élévage across the board.

Pierre-Yves’ vineyard holdings are centred on the Côte de Beaune appellation of St-Aubin (including the Premiers Crus of Chatèniere, Champlots and Remilly) and Chassagne-Montrachet (including the Premiers Crus of Chenevottes and Caillerets).

Pierre-Yves’ cellar is shared with his wife, Caroline Morey. The daughter of Jean-Marc Morey, whose family has cultivated vines in Chassagne since the 16th century, Caroline created her own domaine in 2014.

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