Domaine Joseph Colin - Chassagne-Montrachet 2022
This Chassagne-Montrachet is alluring and focused, with notes of toffee apple, white peach, orange blossom and honeysuckle.
Joseph Colin initially trained at Domaine Marc Colin, working alongside his brother, Pierre-Yves, to make the family wines. In 2016, Joseph decided to create his own Domaine, and, subsequently, inherited just over six hectares of vineyards from his family holding, representing about nineteen different appellations, to start his exciting new venture. This Village offering is a blend of three parcels, "Les Meix Goudard," "En Journoblot" and "Blanchot-Dessous", which each lie on clay and limestone soils.
Bursting with aromas of peach, pear, crushed mint and buttery pastry, the 2022 Chassagne-Montrachet Village is medium-bodied, ample and textural, with a pure core of fruit and a saline finish. It's derived from several parcels on the alluvial fan. 90 points, William Kelley, Wine Advocate.
100% Chardonnay.
What we say
"Vivid, tense with a rich mid-palate and compelling length; this is a truly successful Chassagne-Montrachet, showing a more floral, rather than buttery, side. Not to be missed!"
Technical notes
Only healthy grapes make it to the press; the wines are also handled as little as possible, therefore there is no bâttonage, filtration or fining and no sulphur is used during the winemaking process until racking where minimal amounts are used. Fermentation and maceration is processed in 350-litre oak barrels for 12 months, before three months in stainless before bottling.