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"Burgundy can be one of the most difficult wine regions to wrap your head around due to the Napoleonic Code, which mandated that a vineyard be split equally among all heirs. But sometimes two families come together with their inheritances and form a new domaine that excels in every way. Such is the case with Domaine Pierre Yves Colin Morey, also known as PYCM, which has rapidly become an icon in the Cote de Beaune and is now considered one of Burgundy’s best producers. Today we are featuring their 2020 Pierre Yves Colin Morey Chassagne Montrachet 'Vielles Vignes', which William Kelley of Robert Parker's Wine Advocate says 'turned out especially well,' (read more review details below).

Pierre-Yves Colin is the eldest son of Marc Colin, of Domaine Marc Colin. Alongside his three siblings, Pierre-Yves worked as the winemaker at his father's domaine from 1994 to 2005. He then left to establish his own domaine, with his wife Caroline Morey, daughter of the famed Jean-Marc Morey, from vineyards that he and Caroline each inherited from their historic families. Domaine Pierre Yves Colin Morey is a Wine House favorite, and the sustainable wines they produce are consistently delicious and extremely popular. Pierre-Yves' fastidious farming, incredible attention to detail, use of larger demi-muid barrels, and long elevage make each one of his bottlings a clear expression of its terroir and a study in mineral-driven Chardonnay.

Continuing the two families' traditions, with their sons Mathis and Clément joining the family domaine, the PYCM wines continue to set the standard for what is possible in this famed region. This is not only one of the top domaines in Chassagne, it is also one of the finest domaines in the world." – Jim Knight, The Wine House

Join us and Emmanuel Lemoine, Export Director with Famille Perrin, for our In-Store Famille Perrin Event, Featuring Château de Beaucastel and Miraval, Wednesday, March 8. Taste 11 wines for just $40, including the stunning NV Fleur de Miraval Champagne Exclusivement Rosé ER2 and the sought after 97 point 2020 Chateau de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

94 Points: "This comes from three parcels on the Puligny side. Fontaine Sot is 45 years old, Houillères is 55 and En Journoblot is 60 to 65. The lovely, fragrant nose smells of spiced apples and freshly-turned earth. The caressing mid-palate is sublimely integrated with mouth-watering lift, and it stretches into a decidedly mineral finish. 2023-30." –Christy Canterbury, MW, TimAtkin.com (January 2022)

91 Points: "The 2020 Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes has turned out especially well. Mingling aromas of pear and orange oil with hints of baking spices, beeswax and wheat toast, it's medium to full-bodied, rich and fleshy, with a satiny attack and a long, chalky finish." – William Kelley, Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate (January 2022)

More from The Wine Advocate's William Kelley:

"The 2020 vintage is another very promising year for Pierre-Yves Colin, who finds the wines a bit more charming and demonstrative than the more serious, structured 2019s—the latter a vintage we revisited in bottle and which appears to possess considerable aging potential. 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, follows.

As I wrote last year, since moving to his new, much colder cellars in Chassagne-Montrachet, he finds his wines retain significantly more free sulfur dioxide for any given addition, and he now feels he added more than was necessary—given these altered conditions—to his 2015s, 2016s and 2017s. So, some subtle adjustments have now been made in this regard, and readers can expect the wines to be a little less buttoned up out of the gates than has been the case in those three vintages. Now Pierre-Yves has so much space, he's also thinking about further extending the élevage of his lower appellations: in the next two or three years, he's contemplating fermenting and maturing them in 350-liter barrels for a year, before racking them to tronconic wooden vats for further time on the lees."

89-91 Points, Outstanding: "Background hints of resin and rosemary oil add breadth to the aromas of white orchard fruit, citrus and a hint of herbal tea. There is very good volume to the caressing medium-bodied flavors that firm up noticeably on the firm, sappy and moderately rustic finale. This appears to possess fine development potential and is worth considering. Drink: 2027+ ." – Allen Meadows, Burghound (June 2022)