PYCM Hautes Cotes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde 2024
PYCM Hautes Cotes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde 2024 Pierre-Yves Colin left the family domaine in 2005 (Domaine Marc Colin in Saint-Aubin) to branch out on his own, and today, together with his wife Caroline Morey, has established Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey as one of Burgundy’s most exciting and sought-after producers. Based in Chassagne-Montrachet they craft mineral-driven Chardonnays and refined Pinot Noirs from some of the finest terroirs in the Côte d’Or. The white wines are whole bunch pressed, fermented with native yeasts and aged on lees for up to 18 months in mostly larger 350 litre barrels without any lees stirring. The Village, Premier Cru and Grand Cru wines are bottled with extra long and extra wide (55 x 25 mm) untreated corks and the bottles are then sealed with soft wax as a further protection against premature oxidation. The resulting wines offer incredible purity, precision, and a true sense of place and are built to age for a good decade or more. 2024 Vintage Located in the lieu-dit of En Creuzilly at a height of 420 metres with more clay.The Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde comes from a parcel of vines recovered by Pierre-Yves in 2016, necessitating re-planting; therefore, the vines here are young. As ever, picking tends to be on the early side with a view to retaining freshness - however in 2024 mindful of the importance of capturing the optimal harvest date, they picked considerably later than many of their neighbors, beginning on September 19 and continuing through the end of the month. As readers may know, Colin's bigger cuvées are crushed and see four-hour press cycles, whereas smaller cuvées aren't crushed but see even longer press cycles lasting five or more hours. Vinification and maturation in barrel, with a heavy emphasis on larger-format barrels, follow. ‘A definite lime green tint to the colour. Mildly reductive without hiding the fresh fruit which has a lime blossom character. Good tension here, a more compact wine than the regular Bourgogne, possibly with greater length. They lost 70% to frost, more than mildew, here. Drink from 2027-2029. Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy "Originating some eight kilometers north of Chassagne-Montrachet at the generic level, the 2024 Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Au Bout du Monde opens aromatically with notes evocative of nashi pear, lime oil, toasted nuts and white flowers. On the palate, it is racy and incisive, shaped by the cool-vintage profile and a late-ripening site, combined with low yields this year." Kristaps Karklins - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate