2018 Joseph Colin Saint Aubin Compendium

Joseph Colin is the son of Marc Colin and the younger brother of Pierre-Yves Colin. After Pierre-Yves left in 2003 to start his now famous PYC, Joseph Domaine took over Marc Colin with his two younger siblings, who had worked with his father since 1993. In 2017 Joseph followed in his older brother's footsteps by making 6+ hectares of the original family property and making his own wines here. The process of gifting the oldest children with some of the most beautiful vines in the world to find their own way in the wine world is a Burgundian tradition. In the case of the Colin family, the plots they were given contained some of the finest Chardonnay plots around St Aubin, Puligny and Chassagne. Starting to work full time with his father at such a young age, Joseph knows the vines in this white Burgundy mecca like no other and meticulously cares for each plot. He has a hands-off approach in the cellar, ferments with native yeast and ages all wines in 350L casks on their fine lees until they are bottled in line with the style of his brother Pierre Yves and of course his father Marc Coline and mother Carloine Morey. The wines are all top examples of this most sacred terroir of Chardonnay, with a suspense and verve so sought after but so rarely found.

This Joseph Colin Saint Aubin Compendium is of course a 100% Chardonnay. The grapes come from postage stamp vineyards of plots in St. Aubin (2/3rd from Le Banc and from Champ Tirant, 1/3rd from Tope Bataille, Au Bas de Jorcul, En l'Ebaupin).

The vines are 25+ years old and the vineyards are located at an altitude of 350-400 on a terrain with clay-limestone soils, with many stones. The wine ferments on native yeasts and aged in oak barrel (25% new).

The delightful Saint-Abin Compendium has a seductive bouquet with vibrant citrus, orange peel and dandelion scents. The taste is fresh and lively at the entrance. This is a beautiful Saint-Aubin by Joseph Colin and has. 90/100 Parker