2021 Colin-Morey St. Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly Nicholas et Mathis question

[Dennis_Borczon]

I have gotten offers for this wine, it look intriguing . I like St Aubin wines and they used to be really quite undervalued, but the prices have crept up year after year. Is this wine a blend? A “kitchen sink” chardonnay of parcels or barrels that didn’t make the cut? Couldn’t find much information about it. Thought I would check in on the collective wisdom here

[Jason_T]

@Dennis_Borczon

Is this wine a blend? A “kitchen sink” chardonnay of parcels or barrels that didn’t make the cut? Couldn’t find much information about it. Thought I would check in on the collective wisdom here

A blend of what? Wouldn’t this need to be En Remilly fruit no matter what?

[Dennis_Borczon]

Well, yes. But why not just the single vineyard designation? Why the name attached and the price is $100 less in some vintages…when I referred to “blend” I meant perhaps other producers fruit. En Remilly is not a monopole and in checking Morris, PYCM does not have actual listed acreage there.

[William_Kelley]

Pierre-Yves does indeed own the vineyards he works with in En Remilly - 2/3 of a hectare in three parcels.

In 2021, En Remilly was heavily frosted, and they produced only four barrels (13hl/ha). I hadn’t seen the label but I guess they decided to give it a special one given the tiny quantity.

[Dennis_Borczon]

Interesting, as I bought this cuvee also in 2017, now the 2021 is being offered. 2017 wasn’t a particularly frosty year. And he does indeed produce a straightforward En Remilly in 2017 with a rather hefty pricetag…$275 on Winesearcher.

Thanks for the information about his holdings! You are the best. Perhaps this is a proverbial “Stump the Chumps” question?

[jcjouas]

Blake had a pretty good explanation here:

Trade tasting of Burgundy with some producers pouring including Pierre-Yves Colin

This should help: "Nicholas et Mathis is a special cuvée sourced from the very best part of Remilly, a plot perfectly positioned on the mid-slope of the vineyard, very near the Grand Cru site of Chevalier-Montrachet, which produces some of the most rare and expensive white wine in the world. En Remilly is the best site of St. Aubin. Seasoned Burgundy buyers have long sought out En Remilly for the ridiculous quality-price-ratio it delivers. And this helps to explain why Colin-Morey’s basic En …

[Dennis_Borczon]

Yeah, I got a similar short paragraph from a retailer offer…

Colin-Morey makes two bottlings from En Remilly. Nicholas et Mathis is the rarer of the two bottlings. It’s situated near the Grand Cru site of Chevalier-Montrachet. Compared to Colin-Morey’s basic En Remilly, Nicholas et Mathis is deeper and more textural.

Curious that is priced less than the regular En Remilly. Guess I should purchase more…

[William_Kelley]

The real distinction within En Remilly for me is between the historic part on the plateau that has been planted for a long time, and the slopes which were cleared/crushed by heavy machinery and planted in the 1980s. While the climat may look close to Chevalier on the map, in reality there is a big scramble uphill for about 150 meters through forest/scrubland, and then the exposition is not the same. Chassagne En Remilly touches Chevalier, but again the exposition is not the same. Which is just fine, because both En Remillys have a wonderful personality of their own that doesn’t need proximity to another vineyard for a selling point.

[Nick_Gangas]

I was also under the impression that PYCM does not own this parcel.