2018 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne Montrachet Les Baudines Premier Cru

After leaving his family domaine in 2005, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey has established himself as one of the rising stars of Burgundy. Pierre-Yves has built a strong reputation for crafting exquisite white Burgundy that display energy and vitality. 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 premature oxidation. The resulting wines are built to age classically up to 10 years or more.

Other Reviews....
Here the nose is quite firmly reduced and essentially unreadable today. More interesting are the highly energetic and intensely stony ultra-refined flavors that exhibit excellent persistence on the focused and balanced finale. This classy effort is a wine of finesse and should drink reasonably well young but reward up to a decade of cellaring. In short, this is really lovely juice.
90-93 points
Allen Meadows - Burghound

More mealy and leesy on the nose compared with the Chenevottes. A wine I would like to fall into. Power and drive here, with less flesh on the palate than the creamy nose predicted, a little more severe on the palate, the acidity very crisp and the fruit weight only just up to it. But should age well. Amazing length.
17+/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com