The perfect amount of smoky mineral reduction. It has notes of freshly grated ginger, candied lemon and white peach. There’s fabulous chalky structure underpinning the wine’s fleshy attributes. The finish is long, cool and stony.
I particularly like this bottling. There’s a real transparency to the wine, although I’ve only had the last few vintages. If someone hasn’t had PYCM and wants a feel for the style, this is a great place to start.
Sounds like a really positive note, Jeremy.
I’ve personally had a smattering of PYCM, mostly St Aubin 1ers and below, 2014-2018. I had the 2018 P-V Les Belles Filles Blanc and to be honest was a little disappointed. Not very expressive compared to past vintages and very little reductive struck match character compared to those prior vintages (and admittedly I really quite like that note).
I think there was a discussion a little while back about PYCM moving away from reduction. Curious to get you thoughts on that here. Seems to still be present in your bottle here.
Hi Chris,
The '18 Belle Filles had some smoky mineral on release. I haven’t had one lately though.
To me, the house style of Pierre-Yves is about picking on the slightly early side, maintaining freshness (this suited 2018 to a tee). The wines are about fruit intensity and precision with great structures and phenolic grip. They sometimes show plenty of struck match reduction, but not always. From top to bottom they are made with care and it shows.
Cheers
Jeremy
Yummy . PYCM rocks and not only his premier and grand cru’s . Fully agree with your style description , including the struck match reduction in some of his wines . It usually goes away after a while but it is remarkable .( D’Auvenay has that too sometimes . )
I am buying as much as I can from his 2020’s …
Good stuff, and thanks for the summary. In many ways lines up nicely with what I have tasted.