Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey
Vieilles Vignes Ceps Centenaires Santenay Pinot Noir
Santenay, Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
Chardonnay disguised as meaty Pinot Noir
Chardonnay disguised as meaty Pinot Noir
Sep 20th, 2015
2012-Earthy, iodine, peat, mountain herbs, green raspberry, needs time to flesh out, not quite ready
2012-Earthy, iodine, peat, mountain herbs, green raspberry, needs time to flesh out, not quite ready
Mar 13th, 2015
If someone ever had a marketing meeting to try to figure out how to sell a bottle of wine to me personally, they probably couldn't come up with anything better than "Vieilles Vignes Ceps Centenaires." Not a whole lot of ceps centenaires in Burgundy... here's one of them. It's still a village wine, though, and I'm not sure the style is totally to my liking. It's edgy at first from CO2 and stays kind of edgy even after I think I've got the CO2 taken care of. That's something often said about Santenay but usually in reference to a somewhat rustic structure, but the thing is, this wine isn't especially structured at all. The experience is at times kind of like drinking a rough-around-the-edges Beaujolais with its very-primary fruit and rustic texture, and at times kind of like drinking New World pinot, albeit a good one, in those moments when the the fruit is particularly assertive. I'm hoping some of that primary fruit concentration reflects an underlying seve that will unwind to show some more interesting character if left in the cellar. No idea where this one is going though.
If someone ever had a marketing meeting to try to figure out how to sell a bottle of wine to me personally, they probably couldn't come up with anything better than "Vieilles Vignes Ceps Centenaires." Not a whole lot of ceps centenaires in Burgundy... here's one of them. It's still a village wine, though, and I'm not sure the style is totally to my liking. It's edgy at first from CO2 and stays kind of edgy even after I think I've got the CO2 taken care of. That's something often said about Santenay but usually in reference to a somewhat rustic structure, but the thing is, this wine isn't especially structured at all. The experience is at times kind of like drinking a rough-around-the-edges Beaujolais with its very-primary fruit and rustic texture, and at times kind of like drinking New World pinot, albeit a good one, in those moments when the the fruit is particularly assertive. I'm hoping some of that primary fruit concentration reflects an underlying seve that will unwind to show some more interesting character if left in the cellar. No idea where this one is going though.
Jul 19th, 2015
Ripe, juicy red fruits. Drinks well young.
Ripe, juicy red fruits. Drinks well young.
May 4th, 2015
