Marc Colin Chassagne Montrachet 1er Cru Les Vides Bourses 2019 (BH93)

Country:               France
Region:                 Burgundy Rating:                 BH93, RP93
Grape Variety:    100% Chardonnay
Type of Wine:      White Wine
Bottle Size:          750ml

Burghound 93
Riper and mildly exotic aromas feature notes of white peach, dried apricot, melon and citrus confit. The delicious, concentrated and palate drenching flavors brim with dry extract that imparts a seductive texture and buffers the bitter lemon rind-inflected acidity supporting the firm but not austere finale. Vide Bourse rarely drinks well young and thus I would advise holding this excellent effort for at least 5 years first.*Burghound Sweet Spot Outstanding!*

Wine Advocate 93
Unwinding in the glass with aromas of peach, vine blossom, white flowers, ripe pears and beeswax, the 2019 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Vide Bourse is medium to full-bodied, sumptuous and enveloping, with a fleshy core of fruit, lively acids and a long, saline finish. As usual, it's one of the more gourmand wines in the range. Damien Colin reported that his yields were some 30% below average and that the crop ripened rapidly, "even very rapidly." Indeed, having projected a September 15 start, he began picking on September 7. Alcohol levels came in for the most part between 13% and 13.5%, with good phenolic maturity and lower pHs than in 2018. Having learned from a succession of warm vintages, every effort was made to retain freshness: working with cool grapes, minimal bâtonnage and moderate percentages of new oak. And in the vineyards, Colin is backing off rognage, working more flexibly to adapt to the vintage. All this translates to a very fine vintage chez Colin, delivering wines that are more concentrated and more clearly defined by site than the charming, open and expressive 2018s, also revisited here.