2012 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Les Perrières- France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Reductive, with the match stick nose. A beautiful wine, which was ripe but had plenty of acidity. Half the table rated this #1, half rated the Charmes #1.
2012 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault 1er Cru Charmes- France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault 1er Cru
Not reductive like the Perrieres. Delicious, and a gorgeous finish. More complex than the Perrieres. This got better and better in the glass over time.
2012 Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Meursault Les Narvaux- France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Meursault
Brought this by mistake (we were trying to do the premier crus), and it was rocking. A gem of a village wine, that totally outperformed expectations. A village wine to seek out.
Thanks for the notes. When I tasted several of the 12s, the Caillerets turned out to be my favorite, just because of that leaner, more mineral style. Some of the other 12s had a bit more ripeness than I would prefer.
Thought the Champs Gain was a Puligny. Don’t have much of 2012PYCM (a few St Aubin) but found a supplier for 2013s and hope they are as good as you describe.
I put the notes up last night after dinner, but here’s the editorial. As expected the Perrieres and Charmes were the stars. Interestingly, we were split right down the middle (3 and 3) on our favorite. Initially the Perrieres was shining, but the Charmes kept getting better and better. Both are worth the tariff and are good buys.
I expected to like the Caillerets more as I’m a fan of the vineyard. It was good, but for me not worth the price.
The surprise was the Narvaux, which we all loved. Definitely a good buy.
And as indicated, the Champs-Gain was a disappointment all the way around. We had another one of these last week, and it was equally uninspiring. I kept asking if anyone could say something nice about it, and nada.
It’s kinda crazy how much better the puligny version is of the champs gain.
I remember having the 10 puligny and not knowing there was a chassange version. Just grabbed the next champ gains I saw and thought “man this is nowhere near as good as the last one”.
Now I only buy the puligny version. The chassange is consistently not as good
Meursault Charmes and Chassagne Caillerets are two I buy every vintage when offered. (I am lucky to get offered in most vintages) They are always great. Nice notes here.