Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

Established as one of the young rising stars of Burgundy, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey in 2005 left his family Domaine, Marc Colin, where he gained a solid reputation for his outstanding white wines. Pierre-Yves took control of a share of the family vineyards (Domaine Marc Colin) from 2006 vintage. His first vintages have been made from vineyards and growers that he works closely with buying the wine as must and aging the wines in barrels which he has supplied. If the resulting wines meet his standards the barrels of wine purchased are then matured in his own cold cellar below his house in Chassagne Montrachet. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with natural yeasts, aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly in 350 litre barrels with no lees stirring and no filtration. The corks used come from one tiny supplier and are extra long and extra wide (55mm x 25mm) for the village, 1er cru and Grand cru wines and are untreated with no paraffin and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax to ensure no problems with premox. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.

2021 Vintage
I will say that 2021 is the kind of vintage that I absolutely love. Otherwise, expressed, it’s a burg geek’s vintage par excellence. The best wines are superbly fresh and transparent as the underlying terroir is wonderfully clear; indeed it’s at the core of each wine. In fact, I would go so far as to say that the terroir is so crystalline in 2021 that even those who doubt its existence might well be persuaded to reconsider their convictions. Outstanding transparency though is not all there is as the wines are strikingly refreshing and tension filled. In fact, one of my favorite Burgundian sayings when describing especially appealing or interesting wines is “le premier verre appelle le deuxième” or the first glass calls for the second; 2021 is the epitome of that sentiment. BURGHOUND

WHITE WINES - 2021 St Aubin and Chassagne village and 1er + Grand cru wines due MAY 2024. 2022 Aligote and Bourgogne’s due SEPT 2024

2021 Saint Aubin
A blend of multiple parcels totalling 1.64 ha, but all from this same village’s lieu-dit, with 3 generations of vines. In totality, this is the largest parcel of the domaine at over 1 hectare located at the end of the valley above the village of St Aubin.
This sample has 50% new oak as those barrels have gone through malolactic first, but the final blend will have less. There are some apple notes which will tone down and a limey finish. Pretty good. Drink from 2024-2027. (88-90) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Saint Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à ‘Marguerite’
’3 1er crus combined: Combes (0.33 ha), Perrières (0.44 ha) and les Creots (0.52ha) – made first time in 2016 due to the frost, ‘the name is from my maternal grandmother who died about the same time as the frost in 2016.
A blend of three plots, Combes, Créot and Perrières. A little more colour here, while the nose is stricter up front. The fruit emerges more generously on the palate, with some yellow fruits and a lime-laden finish. A trace of youthful bitterness in the finish. Drink from 2025-2028. (90-92) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘Les Champlots’
From a south-west facing 0.65 ha vineyard planted in 1994 located just above La Chateniere. This site catches a little more wind.
Pale lemon and lime. Though the malolactic had been completed, the Champlots was not yet ready to display much character. It was slightly dry and linear in style, showing a length but not so much breadth. Drink from 2024-2027. (87-90) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘La Chateniere’  
From a sheltered south facing 0.86 ha vineyard planted in 1970 and 1995 this is often the richest of the St Aubin wines of this domaine. Always extremely limited.
A little more yellow in the colour with a fatter creamy style of bouquet, good flesh on the palate then a ripe lemon finish with good but not excessive acidity. Complex and potentially delicious. Drink from 2025-2028. (90-92) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘En Remilly’ 
From 3 parcels of vines total 0.64 ha planted in 1975 in this superbly sited south facing vineyard not far from Chevalier Montrachet.
Pale primrose in colour. The bouquet is discreet but promising. Evidently not too hot and dry so no roasted stones, instead a good volume of fresh fruit with tension behind. Medium bodied and with good length. Drink from 2025-2028. (91-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Montelie blanc
Made from new domaine plots, in Les Plantes and Les Crays. Pretty lemon and lime colour, a few apples, a floral touch. Some weight on the palate but just a touch hollow before the oakier finish. Soft despite the acidity. Drink from 2024-2027. (87-90) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Chassagne Montrachet ‘vieilles vignes’ 
From 4 very old vineyards 0.75 ha total all located on the northern side of Chassagne close to the Puligny border - deeper soils here too.
Includes Ancegnières this year. Clean pure lemon yellow. There is a nice touch of flesh suggested by the nose, though in fact the palate has a little refreshing lime note. However, there is a more classical white fruit across the palate. Less was lost here – just down 30%. (89-91) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru
Frost in this vintage reduced quantities of the 1er cru sites to such small volumes that Morgeot, Chenevottes and Baudines are all blended together here to make just one cuvee.
A blend of Abbaye de Morgeot, Chenevottes and Baudines, in proportions of 50-40-10 roughly. Pale colour, fresh, racy fruit on the nose, juicy at the front of the palate, stricter behind, white fruit, plenty of tension. More linear than broad. Drink from 2025-2030. (90-92) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Puligny Montrachet
This all comes from the lieu-dit of Le Trezin located high on the slope giving a very mineral cooler style of wine. PYCM now labels all village wines without the name of the lieu-dit even though all or most might come from one vineyard as is the case with this wine. Racy and finely textured this shows bright citric fruit and excellent length, minerality and vigour. Excellent.
NO Puligny village produced in 2022 and 2023.

2021 Puligny Montrachet 1er cru ‘La Garenne’
”A 0.14 ha parcel from my aunt, made since 2013. More than 80-year-old vines, high on the hill, so late-harvested vs other parcels.”
A tiny cuvée of one barrel, made apart because there was nowhere to declassify it, except Bourgogne! Mid yellow colour, some generosity to the nose. A lime touch in the bouquet as well. Plenty of energy in its linear, hillside style. Juicy and quite long. Drink from 2025-2030. (90-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Meursault
From vines planted 1970’s located quite high on the slope on the Puligny side of Meursault. In 2019 this comes from 3 lieu-dits; Narvaux, Grands Charrons and Les Vireuils.
From Grands Charrons, Luchets, Malpoiriers. The first two are new domaine plots with the Monthelie, while the team also run the Malpoiriers vines. Pale green tint, a little more breadth evident on the nose, and this continues on the palate with ripe apples, and generosity at the finish. (89-92) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Corton Charlemagne Grand cru
Consistently one of the best wines here. ‘I started with this in 2003 and it’s still something of a mystery to me; it’s a grand cru and I pose questions versus the grand crus here but in the end it’s all about interpretations. Always a surprising wine. The logic is the opposite of Bâtard for harvesting – I wait a little to gain a little depth, I think it benefits from maturity…’
Two barrels, one new, one older, one from Pernand and one Languettes. Pale lemon with the lightest green tint. This is quite laid back, some minerals, biding their time behind the oak which delivers a layer of coconut onto the palate. Crisp finish, not as powerful or full bodied as usual but with some finesse. Was perhaps the highest in sugar, naturally, and not chaptalised. Drink from 2027-2032. (93-95) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

2021 Batard Montrachet  Grand cru
Produced from 0.07 ha of 85+ year old vines. This is a wine of remarkable intensity that masks the underlying structure. Immensely impressive yet remaining focused and energetic with more notable acidity this vintage. Vines in Chassagne, just… ‘Bâtard seems to suffer less in hot years – there’s less stress, it has great regularity, it can be generous with grapes so we have to be careful right from the start, removing the buds. Always tiny grapes, millerandes, always one of the ripest we harvest.
From the vines of Pierre-Yves’ father-in-law Jean-Marc Morey. One new barrel of 280 litres, built to measure, clean and pure, ripe enough, white fruit, with a steadily growing power to the back. Keeps on going without ever becoming massive. Drink from 2028-2034. (93-95) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2022

WHITE + RED WINES - the following due SEPT 2024

2022 Vintage
Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, December 2023 on PYCM 2022:
I found it very interesting to taste with Mathis, elder son of Pierre-Yves Colin and Caroline Morey, as it gave me a new perspective on the Colin-Morey wines. No startling insights perhaps, but just a slightly different way at looking at the wines, and more information on the vineyard side of things. We also tasted both Pierre-Yves and Caroline’s wines together, in the order suggested by geography. However, I have presented the two labels separately. The wines nowadays are a little less reductive than in the past.

Picking started on 21st August, whites, then reds, then the Hautes Côtes de Beaune plot in early September. Full yields, degrees at picking from 12.4 to 13%, brought up by light chaptalisation to 13.2 to 13.5%. All the wines are made in 350 litre barrels, with crushed and cooled grapes, no settling of the solids after pressing, no lees stirring either, an early and rapid fermentation, then malolactics followed, finished by Christmas. The crushing and long pressing give a more concentrated dry extract. They were worried at the harvest by the relatively high pH levels, but the certainly don’t taste that way. The first two whites and the reds were racked before the harvest, the rest still in barrel. Some will be bottled in February-March, the grander wines June-July. Note that in 2022 almost all the wines are from their own domaine, excepting Corton Charlemagne, Chassagne-Montrachet Baudines and part of the Meursault blend.

2022 Aligote blanc 
Parcel in Hautes Côtes de Beaune – 50-yo vines of a type with a slightly rosé skin Aligote d’Oree – also 350 l barrels. The only wine with full malo in the range. It will be bottled January/February 2024. A stunning success in 2022 vintage with crystalline precision and great energy. Intense vibrant and super fine with great length and persistence.

2022 Bourgogne blanc 
From vines located in Meursault (40%), Puligny (15%), Chassagne (15%) and also Saint Aubin (30%). Made exactly like all the other wines, just a shorter elevage. Not yet labelled Côte d’Or ‘It can be but the clients have never asked for it.
Below Chassagne and below Puligny. Fresh clear colour, not reductive but nor is there much nose showing either. Lean and racy, grapefruit and fresh lemon at the finish, quite persistent, and now a little of the reductive aromatics can be seen. Pure and persistent. Drink from 2025-2027. (87-88) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Bourgogne Hautes Cotes de Beaune blanc Au Bout du Monde  
Located in the lieu-dit of En Creuzilly at a height of 420 metres with ‘more clay’. A very fresh wine with less ‘fat’ that wants time to show its best. Ample depth covering a very fine structure.
Vines in the direction of Nolay, bought in 2014 – 2015 was the first vintage – from an 8 ha domaine shared with Sauzet – about 6km from domaine, vines on hillsides, over 400m with plenty of clay in this soil. Harvested about a week later than the vines around Chassagne – patience is always needed.
Had to replant everything in 2018 so still very young vines. Pale lemon colour, an interesting floral nose, an attractive ripeness followed by a clear-cut citrus acidity. Very good length once again. This has all the energy one associates with PYCM. Drink from 2025-2027. (88-89) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Monthelie rouge

2022 Monthelie rouge 1er cru ‘La Riotte’
2022 is the third vintage of this wine from PY.

2022 Vosne Romanee
2022 is the fifth vintage of this wine from PY.

2022 Nuits St Georges 1er cru ‘Boudots’
2022 is the fifth vintage of this wine from PY.

ROSE - SOLD OUT - 2023 due late 2024

2022 Bourgogne Rose of Pinot Noir
Majority from 55 yo vines in the Hautes Cotes de Beaune just past Saint Aubin located near Nolay and 15% coming from Santenay. Made by direct pressing an aged in large 2-3 yo barrels and is bottled unfined and unfiltered consistent with the winemaking of PYCM. Pale yet vibrant pink/red colour on release fading to a classic delicate salmon after 6-12 months in bottle. Delicate Pinot Noir perfume with freshness and great acidity and excellent line and length. A beautifully fine elegant and racy rose with real finesse and excellent character and complexity. Small quantity made and we can never get enough of this beautiful wine so don’t wait until summer to grab some of this as it never lasts long.

WHITE WINES - the following due SEPT 2025

2022 Saint Aubin
A blend of multiple parcels totalling 1.64 ha, but all from this same village’s lieu-dit, with 3 generations of vines. In totality, this is the largest parcel of the domaine at over 1 hectare located at the end of the valley above the village of St Aubin. This has been racked. Le Ban with several other vineyards included. Pale colour with lime green reflections. Just a little toasty note to the nose, with pure white fruit on the palate, with the vigorous freshness associated with St-Aubin. A tingling finish thanks to the mineral acidity. Drink from 2026-2029. (88-91) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Saint Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à ‘Marguerite’
’3 1er crus combined: Combes (0.33 ha), Perrières (0.44 ha) and les Creots (0.52ha) – made first time in 2016 due to the frost, ‘the name is from my maternal grandmother who died about the same time as the frost in 2016. This cuvee has been a blend of Perrières, Combes, Créots and PItangerets since 2016, all pressed and vinified together. The blend effectively covers all the possible exposures of St-Aubin. The bouquet is rather unforthcoming, though there is an attractive weight of white fruit on the palate, with more generosity at the finish. Drink from 2026-2030. (89-91) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘Les Champlots’
From a south-west facing 0.65 ha vineyard planted in 1994 located just above La Chateniere. This site catches a little more wind. Very pale in colour, and undemonstrative on the nose. There is time for that to come. Substantial energy towards the back of the palate, clean white fruit with a citrus not at the back, good length, more on stones than flesh. Drink from 2026-2030.
(89-91) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘La Chateniere’  
From a sheltered south facing 0.86 ha vineyard planted in 1970 and 1995 this is often the richest of the St Aubin wines of this domaine. Always extremely limited.
A lovely lively colour, lemon and lime, with something of a quality reduction on the nose. Then opens out, with more flesh behind. This is extremely classy, very PYCM in style with an extra generosity from this sunny site in a sunny vintage. Excellent balanced aftertaste. Drink from 2027-2032. (90-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘En Remilly’ 
From 3 parcels of vines total 0.64 ha planted in 1975 in this superbly sited south facing vineyard not far from Chevalier Montrachet.
A clear fresh colour, this is pure, not roasted as En Remilly can become, less flesh than Chatenière, on the stones. This is actually a very stylish En Remilly, with good interplay between the apple fruit and the slightly more citrus acidity. Clean, refined, long. Half the crop here compared to their other St-Aubins. Drink from 2027-2033. (90-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Chassagne Montrachet ‘Les Ancegnieres’ 
The oldest vines of the domaine having been planted in 1930 0.26 ha - half of which was replanted in last few years. Superbly located below Batard-Montrachet.
A tiny climat, not a lot more than 1 ha, next to the Puligny of the same name, below Bâtard on the Chassagne-side. Racked and back into barrel with gross lees from now.
Pale lemon colour. The bouquet is very attractive, detailed, slightly floral, little points of ripe citrus, plenty of energy through the middle, maybe more angular than a Puligny-Montrachet Enseignères would be, but with grace refinement and persistence. Lovely finish. Drink from 2027-2033. (91-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru ‘Morgeot’
From 2 parcels; Fairendes and Abbaye de Morgeot. Half of the vines in "Les Fairendes" were planted in 1964 and the remainder in 1974. This parcel has deeper soil where rocks break the surface. Up-slope, the stony red soil is shallow but gets deeper lower down the slope where the soil is white, heavy, compacted and clayey.
A fine pale lemon. The bouquet is delicious, refined gentle orchard fruit, with a little reduction too, quite refined citrus notes, but pure white fruit too. This is not a massive Morgeot, though there is adequate structure behind. Drink from 2028-2034. (91-94) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru ‘Les Baudines’
From 0.57 ha of vines planted in the 1960’s located quite high on the slope towards the southern end of Chassagne with less clay and more limestone apparent.
Baudines is not a heavy cropper and there is always an oidium risk. Definitely a green tint to the colour. Some elegance, quite racy, never much flesh on the bones with this cuvée but there is certainly enough. Fine finish too. Drink from 2027-2033. (91-93) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru ‘Chenevottes’
From 0.62 ha of vines planted in 1960 located close to the northern border of Chassagne, not far from Le Montrachet. With a little bottle age the aromas of this wine become quite close to Montrachet. Not much more than 15cm of soil here – below it’s just the rock.
Three plots, one by the stop sign on the main road, one in the middle in a cooler spot in a dip, and one higher up by Vergers, together providing an average age of 50 years. A fine pale primrose colour, with immediately quite generous yellow fruit. Plenty of weight here, matched by good acidity, makes one salivate, a lovely blend of the stony side of white Burgundy and ripe fruit. Notably long finish. Drink from 2028-2034. (92-94) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru ‘Caillerets’
Parcel of 0.18 ha from parents towards the top. ‘It’s my reference for all the other wines, never high alcohol, never low. The 79 was at least as good as my dad’s Montrachet that year.’
Pierre-Yves vines are just in the upper part. Picked the same day as Caroline Morey’s grapes. Another green inflected colour, Less bouquet than hers at the moment. More aquiline with a forceful density in the middle of the palate, less nuanced but equally as intense. Some lime and grapefruit at the finish, chiselled but perhaps less fine? Drink from 2028-2035.
(92-94) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Puligny Montrachet 1er cru ‘La Garenne’
”A 0.14 ha parcel from my aunt, made since 2013. More than 80-year-old vines, high on the hill, so late-harvested vs other parcels.”
The last to be picked, at same time as the Hautes Côtes. Mathis really likes this wine for its intensity-plus-austerity at the outset. It does indeed show a linear intensity, with ripe golden apples towards the back and excellent length. Such a different feel after tasting the line of Chassagne. Exemplary for this lesser known Puligny 1er Cru. Drink from 2028-2035. (92-94) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Meursault
From vines planted 1970’s located quite high on the slope on the Puligny side of Meursault. In 2019 this comes from 3 lieu-dits; Narvaux, Grands Charrons and Les Vireuils.
A blend of Narvaux in purchased grapes, Luchets in young vines which they manage, and Malpoiriers, Fresh pale lemon. The bouquet is very stylish, the refined side of Meursault, but also promising the body one would expect. Surprisingly firm acidity, citrus in style, this wine will benefit from longer elevage. Drink from 2027-2032. (89-92) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Corton Charlemagne Grand cru
Consistently one of the best wines here. ‘I started with this in 2003 and it’s still something of a mystery to me; it’s a grand cru and I pose questions versus the grand crus here but in the end it’s all about interpretations. Always a surprising wine. The logic is the opposite of Bâtard for harvesting – I wait a little to gain a little depth, I think it benefits from maturity…’
Most of the grapes come from the north-west facing part of En Charlemagne, a choice to avoid too much exuberance. Clear pale colour, a little oak showing at the moment, but even so a touch of exotic fruit alongside the minerals. Quite a weight of white flesh here, a sturdy wine which needs long ageing. Drink from 2029-2036. (92-95) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Batard Montrachet  Grand cru
Produced from 0.07 ha of 85+ year old vines. This is a wine of remarkable intensity that masks the underlying structure. Immensely impressive yet remaining focused and energetic with more notable acidity this vintage. Vines in Chassagne, just… ‘Bâtard seems to suffer less in hot years – there’s less stress, it has great regularity, it can be generous with grapes so we have to be careful right from the start, removing the buds. Always tiny grapes, millerandes, always one of the ripest we harvest.
Ex Jean-Marc Morey, father-in-law. Pale lemon yellow. There are some honeysuckle notes but just a fringe around the massive bank of white fruit. Far less primary than Caroline Morey’s Criots, but with spectacular potential. That little touch of riper fruit remains with it but the quintessential austerity of the vineyard will carry the day. Ripe limes too at the back. Very persistent indeed. Drink from 2030-2040+. (96-99) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

2022 Montrachet  Grand cru
First year! Marc Colin has separated out his already tiny holding between the four children, so Pierre-Yves gets 240 vines, ancient vines from the 1920s! François Frères have provided a new barrel of 120 litres to receive the juice. The inaugural PYCM Montrachet has a very exotic musky nose, super ripe viognier maybe, plus toast from the barrel. Exceptionally opulent, one might not put this in Burgundy in a blind tasting – on the nose. The wine retains the opulence and sucrosity on the palate yet with very good acidity. Some of the marmalade notes of a great Sauternes, though obviously this is dry. At this stage the wine is too atypical to gain the highest score, but it is fascinating. It will not be commercialised in the normal way. Drink from 2028-2038. (93-96) Jasper Morris M.W., Inside Burgundy, October 2023

notes on previous recent vintages

Pierre-Yves on 2020:
“The year started with some risks of frost but turned out to be minimal for our parcels – we lit some candles, in the end probably for nothing – the neighbours who didn’t seem to have similar yields.Very little in the way of problems; starting our harvest the 20 August. We worried about the lack of rain, but again the chardonnay reacted very well – good quality and quantity – the balance seems simply magnificent. The combination of maturity and acidity has so few other vintage comparisons – I’ve never seen it before. I’ve been working since 1995, starting with my father, and you usually get one or the other. So the debut of the harvest was very early – 20 August – looking for the acidity and sugar balance. We were very happy with the quality of the grapes that arrived at the domaine. Easy fermentations – both. A vintage that has frank and precise wines – I find them very sincere and the terroirs are marked…”

2020 Saint Aubin ‘Le Banc’ 
A blend of multiple parcels totalling 1.64 ha, but all from this same village’s lieu-dit, with 3 generations of vines. In totality, this is the largest parcel of the domaine at over 1 hectare located at the end of the valley above the village of St Aubin. “More open and more white flower complexity. Cooler fruit – more direct – there’s density here too that’s not really opening yet. Vibrant finishing – a great finish.” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”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.” (89-91) William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

2020 Saint Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à ‘Marguerite’
’3 1er crus combined: Combes (0.33 ha), Perrières (0.44 ha) and les Creots (0.52ha) – made first time in 2016 due to the frost, ‘the name is from my maternal grandmother who died about the same time as the frost in 2016. “Extra width of aroma but tighter in terms of showing the complexity. Extra depth of flavour here – more considered but also more to see and find. I slightly prefer the previous wine today for the extra juiciness – but this is excellent.” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Hommage à Marguerite opens in the glass with notes of pear, struck match, freshly baked bread, citrus zest and wheat toast. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and chiseled, it's taut and concentrated, concluding with a long, saline finish.” (90-92)+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

2020 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘Les Champlots’
From a south-west facing 0.65 ha vineyard planted in 1994 located just above La Chateniere. This site catches a little more wind. “Fine citrus freshness – a little more green citrus in this one. Plenty of volume and an open shape to this wine – today a little softness at the edges and holding tight to its flavours but the form of this is excellent, almost a little extra spiciness in this long finish…” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Champlots offers up aromas of pear, crisp stone fruits, orange oil and wet chalk, followed by a medium to full-bodied, layered and elegant palate with a fleshy core of fruit, bright acids and a long, mineral finish.” (90-92) William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

2020 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘La Chateniere’  
From a sheltered south facing 0.86 ha vineyard planted in 1970 and 1995 this is often the richest of the St Aubin wines of this domaine. Always extremely limited.
“Deeper, also slightly reserved aromatics. Extra volume and energy here, a faint framing with tannin, extra intense flavour of agrume. That’s a super finish again – tons of potential here.” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chatenière is very promising, wafting from the glass with aromas of green orchard fruit, freshly baked bread, citrus zest, white toast, pastry cream and gunflint. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and enveloping, its pretty core of fruit is girdled by bright acids and chalky structuring extract.” (91-93)+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, Jan. 2022

2020 Saint Aubin 1er cru ‘En Remilly’ 
From 3 parcels of vines total 0.64 ha planted in 1975 in this superbly sited south facing vineyard not far from Chevalier Montrachet.
“A little more compact impression. Here is a more driving impression to the flavours, the style more melting and approachable. A width of finishing flavour – no fireworks but a fine and lingering – indeed delicious – impression…” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”The 2020 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly has turned out beautifully in bottle, wafting from the glass with scents of pear, citrus oil, clear honey, white flowers and wet stones. Medium to full-bodied, ample and enveloping, it's pure and lively, with bright acids and a long, saline finish.” 93 William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, February 2023

2020 Puligny Montrachet 1er cru ‘Champs Gains’
Located high on the slope above premier cru Les Folatieres where the soil has less clay and more limestone, giving a finer cooler and very mineral impression. Incredible intensity, really palate staining and a noticeable step up in every way from the preceding Puligny La Garenne. An exceptionally stunning wine of great persistence and shape.

2020 Meursault 1er cru ‘Poruzots’
Premier cru Poruzots adjoins Genevrieres to the south and Les Gouttes d’Or to the north, and lies directly below Les Narvaux and premier cru Les Boucheres. Just 2 barrels produced. More open and almost exotic than the other Meursaults here. A premier cru to enjoy before Les Charmes or Perrieres.

2020 Meursault 1er cru ‘Les Charmes’
From 80 year old vines located on the high side of the slope close to Perrieres - “more mineral” Pierre-Yves says. ”A higher parcel on the Puligny side of the climat, almost touching on Perrières. A little more open, also a suggestion of more reductive toastiness in the middle. The reduction is visible in the flavour – but first let’s note the volume and beautiful texture of this wine – textured like a red with a framing of the favour with some ultra-fine tannin. Luxurious, sensuously shaped, contemplative and possibly brilliant wine – we will have to wait but if you have the chance to buy the potential for brilliance is here.” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”The only cuvée that was vinified entirely in 228-liter barrels chez Colin this year is the 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Charmes. Bursting with aromas of pear, peach, citrus oil, freshly baked bread, pastry cream and anise, it's medium to full-bodied, layered and lively, with a fleshy core of fruit, racy acids and chalky grip on the finish. This is very promising.” (92-94)+ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

2020 Meursault 1er cru ‘Perrieres’  
From 50+ yo vines on the lower part of the vineyard. “PY’s Perrières is from the lower part of the vineyard. ‘We’re at the bottom and there’s plenty of soil here so it rarely suffers from the drought. Also with a (fainter) touch of reduction but here is also a more open width of aroma. More direct, of course, more mineral but here the minerality has a little soft-touch coating. Wide and impressive finishing – delicious finishing. This is very good…” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”There's only one 350-liter barrel of Colin's 2020 Meursault 1er Cru Perrières, and it's one of the highlights of the range. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of pear and citrus oil mingled with notions of wet chalk, struck match and wheat toast, it's medium to full-bodied, taut and incisive, with racy acids and terrific concentration, concluding with a long, penetrating finish.” (94-96) William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022

2020 Chevalier Montrachet  Grand cru
Produced from 60 year old vines located in the middle tier of the vineyard, this shows fabulous freshness and structure holding the impressively intense fruit in check.
“As you would anticipate, there’s an extra waft of freshness to be found here. The flavours not quite ready in the middle of the palate but the shape and definition here are top-level. Melting and impressively concentrated too. This will be an excellent Chevalier – but I think there’s also the chance for more as it takes up the last of its elevage – just like the Caillerets. Great, persistent finishing.” burgundy-report.com December 2021
”Colin was able to acquire the 2020 Chevalier-Montrachet Grand Cru in grapes this year, so it was pressed at his winery following his methods. Mingling aromas of citrus oil and honeyed pears with hints of fresh bread, hazelnuts and paraffin wax, it's full-bodied, ample and satiny, with a racy but enveloping profile and a long, saline finish.” (93-95) William Kelley, The Wine Advocate, January 2022