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Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

“I’ll always remember the extreme 2016 growing season,” said Pierre-Yves Colin at the beginning of June. “It was amazing that we were able to make wine from every vineyard. We started from zero after the frost and we thought some vineyards would give nothing.” Colin began harvesting on September 22, with what he described as low potential alcohol between 11.5% and 12.5%. “The ripeness was difficult to get and it arrived at the end. The summer warmth ripened the second-generation fruit. This was unhoped-for but we took all of it. From the most affected vineyards, the wines are half first- and half second-generation fruit.”

“It’s not an unripe vintage, as in 2007 and 2004,” Colin emphasized. “The fruit character is more citrus than stone fruits. And the vintage is more mineral than 2015 in terms of its freshness at the beginning. Some of the best 2016s remind me of the 2010s. The bad thing for growers in 2016 is the low quantities, not the quality of the wines.” The alcoholic fermentations were slow, and the first malo didn’t finish until March; 95% of the Colin ‘16s were finished and sulfited by the time of my visit, although Colin has reduced his sulfur additions as his large new cellar is cooler than the one under his home in the center of the village. “We’re getting more texture, minerality and cleanness with élevage to this point," he pointed out.

Colin, who considered the 2015s to be outstanding from the beginning, nonetheless noted that the wines changed dramatically during their last months of élevage. He had originally planned to bottle them in February but delayed the bottling date twice for his crus not from Saint-Aubin, as the wines were gaining in energy. He considers 2015 to be a classic vintage and better then 2014 for the long haul. “The ‘15s totally resist oxidation after you uncork them,” he noted.

From 2016 & 2015 White Burgundy (Sep 2017) by Stephen Tanzer

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