Bruno Colin makes confident, pure-fruited and crystalline yet easy to enjoy wines. Very smart wines from a very smart set of red and white premiers crus. The Chaumées, from a high plot next to Saint-Aubin, is smoky and rich with a very saline, stylish finish; Maltroie, from the centre of the village and lower down, is more ‘classically’ Chassagne but Bruno never wants round or full wines and he rarely uses bâtonnage for this reason; Morgeot is concentrated and powerful, expressive with a long, layered finish; Les Vergers, from light soils with the rock close to the surface, is elegant and intense, more airy than the Morgeot but just as long on the length. The domaine’s reds are also superb – sappy, fresh and glycerol-charged they glide across the palate and are hugely digestible.
General information
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Country
France
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Region
Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy
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Total holdings
6.4ha
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Winemaker
Bruno Colin
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Established
2003
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Cultivation
Lutte raisonnée
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Website
Wines produced
| Wine | Grapetype(s) | Vine age | Soil type | Vineyard area |
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| Bourgogne Chardonnay | Chardonnay | 21 years | Clay & limestone | 0.37ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet | Chardonnay | 25 years | Clay & limestone | 0.81ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Chaumées | Chardonnay | 25 years | Clay & limestone | 0.42ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Maltroie | Chardonnay | 30 years | Clay & limestone | 0.41ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Vergers | Chardonnay | 35 years | Clay & limestone | 0.34ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru Morgeot | Chardonnay | 48 years | Clay & limestone | 0.42ha |
| Chassagne-Montrachet 1er cru La Boudriotte | Chardonnay | 50 years | Clay & limestone | 0.24ha |
| Puligny-Montrachet 1er cru Truffière | Chardonnay | 42 years | Clay & limestone | 0.5ha |
| Chassgne-Montrachet rouge Vieilles Vignes | Chardonnay | 37 years | Clay & limestone | 1.8ha |
| Santenay rouge Vieilles Vignes | Pinot Noir | 52 years | Clay & limestone | 0.71ha |
| Santenay rouge 1er cru Les Gravières | Pinot Noir | 23 years | Clay & limestone | 0.39ha |
Viticulture / Vinification
White wines
- Indigenous yeasts used for fermentations
- Aged in circa 30% new oak
- Village wines have 12 months élevage, 1ers crus 18 months
Red wines
- Indigenous yeasts used for fermentation
- Completely destemmed
- Maceration for 20 days
- Aged in circa 30% new oak
- 18 months élevage before bottling
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