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2019 Joseph Colin St-Aubin 1er Cru "Sur le Sentier du Clou"

SKU #1542227 91 points Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

Outer quote mark Mingling scents of citrus zest and white flowers with hints of green apple, peach and blanched almonds, the 2019 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Le Sentier du Clou is medium-bodied, bright and chiseled, with tangy acids and an elegantly fleshy core of fruit. Joseph Colin—who left Domaine Marc Colin to start a domaine of his own in 2016—is going from strength to strength and is justly delighted with his 2019 portfolio. "We've never had acidities like this with maturity like this," he exclaimed, emphasizing the importance of knowing one's parcels and harvesting at the right moment in a year when sugar could accumulate precipitously. Colin's approach, as I've written before, is to pick ripe grapes, press whole bunches and barrel down without the addition of sulfites or any settling—sulfur dioxide is added only at bottling (which takes place under Diam closures). Wines that are more generously sulfured, he acknowledges, are more tensile and tight-knit, but the tension, he argues, comes from the sulfur, not the terroir. And Colin is happy with what he describes as 'a certain immediacy' that comes from low-sulfur élevage, a quality that was manifest in these generous but chiseled 2019s, all of which come heartily recommended. (WK) Inner quote mark (1/2021)

90 points Allen Meadows - Burghound

Outer quote mark Touches of mineral reduction and exotic fruit can be found on the white and yellow fruit aromas where a touch passion fruit lurks in the background. The succulent, fleshy and citrusy medium-bodied flavors possess fine volume and energy while exhibiting very good length on the balanced finale. Inner quote mark (6/2021)

K&L Notes

89-92 points Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy: "Joseph likes to pick this first. This site gets the sun earlier, and indeed the bouquet is more perfumed, with just a little touch of beneficial reduction. Joseph aims to keep all the CO2 gas, which is adding a nice little tingle. Enough flesh behind, very well balanced, a fuller white fruit to finish. 13.6% alcohol." (12/2020)

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2019 Joseph Colin St-Aubin 1er Cru "Sur le Sentier du Clou"

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Varietal:

Chardonnay

- It's hard to believe that up until about 30 years ago, this extremely popular varietal hid behind the veil of geographical names like Chablis and Puligny-Montrachet. Now grown all over the world and bottled by its varietal name, Chardonnay has achieved a level of branding unlike any other wine. Surprisingly, though, what you get when you buy Chardonnay can differ greatly from country to country and even within one country, depending on the climate where it's grown and how it is vinified and aged. From fresh, crisp and minerally with apple and lemon notes to rich and buttery with tropical fruit overtones, Chardonnay runs the gamut. In France's Burgundy, Chardonnay is the source of the prized wines of Chablis, Corton-Charlemagne, Mâcon, Meursault and Montrachet. It also the foundation of exceptional Champagne, where it is blended with Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier or vinified on its own into Blanc de Blancs. It is also extremely popular in California, and is gaining popularity in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Spain and South Africa.

Country:

France

- When it comes to wine, France stands alone. No other country can beat it in terms of quality and diversity. And while many of its Region, Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne most obviously, produce wine as rare, as sought-after and nearly as expensive as gold, there are just as many obscurities and values to be had from little known appellations throughout the country. To learn everything there is to know about French wine would take a lifetime. To understand and appreciate French wine, one only has to begin tasting them.

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Burgundy

- The province of eastern France, famous for its red wines produced from Pinot Noir and its whites produced from Chardonnay. (Small of amounts of Gamay and Aligoté are still grown, although these have to be labeled differently.) The most famous part of the region is known as the Côte d'Or (the Golden Slope). It is divided into the Côte de Beaune, south of the town of Beaune (famous principally for its whites), and the Côte de Nuits, North of Beaune (home of the most famous reds). In addition, the Côte Chalonnaise and the Mâconnais are important wine growing regions, although historically a clear level (or more) below the Côte d'Or. Also include by some are the regions of Chablis and Auxerrois, farther north.