2015 St Aubin Blanc En Remilly
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The 2015 Saint Aubin 1e Cru en Remilly is superb, opening in the glass with aromas of apple, iodine, lightly toasted nuts and a subtle top note of mint. On the palate, the wine is cool, medium to full-bodied and concentrated, with a broad attack, sappy acids, a deep core and a chalky, pure finish. Effortlessly poised and with lovely textural refinement, this Saint-Aubin—which was bottled in January 2017—is still quite reserved, especially by the standards of the often rather generous, giving 2015 vintage. Give it at least a handful of years in the cellar to realize all its potential.
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Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Jancis Robinson MW
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Pale, bright yellow. Precise but subdued scents of lemon and wet stone. Very pure but closed, conveying lovely energy and juicy, citrussy cut to its concentrated lemon zest, mandarin orange and stone flavors. Colin's Chatenière may be richer than this wine but it doesn't not have the same degree of energy. Finishes very smooth, seamless and long. Last year, Colin told me that this wine has only 12.3% alcohol.
Cask sample. Made in smaller quantity than usual because the produce of the drought-stressed parcel went into the Bourgogne Chardonnay. Dense and nervy on the nose. Big and bold on the front palate with lots of ambition. Pretty long. I retasted this after the grands crus and it didn’t suffer too much. Lip-smacking and long. (JR)
(just 12.3% alcohol; this is a much smaller cuvée than usual because one of Colin's parcels at the top of the cru was stressed by drought): Bright yellow with a green tinge. Complex nose melds lime zest with fresh and dried herbs. Saline, tactile and penetrating but not particularly high in acidity. This very juicy wine finishes with excellent length and lift. In comparison to this expressive cuvée , the Chatenière is tighter and more peppery today.
About the producer
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (known by many as PYCM) is a négociant and domaine that has become one of the most popular white wine producers in Burgundy – with a prolific number of cuvées from the top Grands and Premiers Crus vineyards in the Côte de Beaune.