PYCM Santenay La Comme 1er Cru ROUGE 2023

ABOUT THE VINEYARD: “La Comme is a large Premier Cru vineyard within the Santenay appellation at the very southern end of the Côte d'Or escarpment. Pinot Noir covers a large proportion of the land on the site but there is also a small amount of Chardonnay. The 21.6 hectare (53.3 acre) vineyard is located at the northern end of Santenay, on the border with Chassagne-Montrachet – widely regarded as being the better part of the commune. Les Gravières Premier Cru is on the slope below La Comme, while Beauregard is on the same line of the slope to the southwest. La Comme's gentle slope gives it an excellent position to benefit from the morning sun, as vines are angled neatly toward the southeast. Furthermore, the northern end of Santenay benefits from a more marly soil than in the southern part of the commune, with a higher proportion of clay. The soil in La Comme is shallow and gravelly with, unusually, more clay than in Les Gravières below. La Comme Premier Cru wines are some of Santenay's best, perhaps second only to Les Gravières and Clos de Tavannes on the hill below.” - WINE-SEARCHER.COM

ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is the eldest son of St. Aubin’s Marc Colin and his wife, Caroline Morey, descends from the famed Morey family of Chassagne. While both are offspring of legendary Burgundian vignerons and have inherited prestigious vineyard holdings, they have each earned stellar reputations through adherence to minimalistic winemaking, including using only indigenous yeasts, fermenting and aging their wines in larger demi-muid barrels and using no battonnage during aging. Their shared winemaking approach yields wines with great precision, purity, tension and clarity of terroir. - D&M NOTES