2015 - Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chateniere, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

I revisited Pierre-Yves Colin's 2015 Saint-Aubin 1er Cru La Chatenière from my cellar, and while the wine is slowly emerging from post-bottling hibernation, it remains very youthful, unwinding in the glass with a subtle bouquet of citrus oil, green apple, crisp Anjou pear and wet stones. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, with good depth at the core, incisive acids and a palpable sense of chalky dry extract. While there's a certain sweetness of fruit that nods to the vintage, this is beautifully rendered and is beginning to realize the potential it showed from barrel.

Cask sample. Vines aged 45 years and 2/3 are 55 years old. Open, floral with a citrus undertow. Relatively easy and open. Lots of pleasure here. Maybe slightly less energy than in some years? (JR)