Philippe Colin Chassagne Montrachet Les Chenevottes 2021

Cellar for up to 15 years. Serve chilled. Philippe Colin set up his winery in the industrial zone of Chassagne Montrachet where he crafts gorgeous wines from his 11.5 acres of vineyards inherited from both his father’s and his mother’s families. Robert Parker described him as “a man of few words, but that’s fine when your wines have so much to say”. Although not as well known as other Burgundian winemakers, his wines are made with meticulous attention to detail from a selection of exceptional parcels. Les Chenevottes is set on the edge of Chassagne Montrachet just across the road from the famous Le Montrachet Grand Cru. It’s a flat vineyard planted with 45-80 year old vines on heavy clay soils which retain plenty of water. Like Philippe’s other vineyards, the plot is farmed sustainably with minimal use of chemicals and regular plowing. All of the fruit is harvested by hand with the young wine aged for 12 months in a mixture of standard and larger French oak barrels. Graceful and comple