2023 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Chassagne Montrachet La Boudriotte Rouge 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.

2023 marks Pierre-Yves’s debut release from La Boudriotte, a well-situated premier cru lying just below Les Caillerets on the Chassagne slope. The site is known for producing wines of both breadth and precision, marrying the village’s characteristic generosity with a fine mineral thread, qualities that align seamlessly with Pierre-Yves’s restrained and terroir-driven style.

Other Reviews....
One plot is in Boudriotte itself and one in Fairendes, vinified together. The Fairendes component is older with very small grapes, so this was vinified as whole bunches, added into the fermentation vat in layers alternating with the destemmed fruit. A deeper more robust purple, a clear heady raspberry fruit, still with lees in suspension, and a tannin or two. Drink from 2029-2035.
90-93 points
Jasper Morris MW - Inside Burgundy