TN: PYCM 2015 HORIZONTAL

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PYCM 2015 HORIZONTAL - (11.09.2018.)

Slightly greenish in the beginning. Develops with vivid ripe fruit: exotic and citrus. Minerality of crushed rocks. Oily texture. Extroverted character of Garenne terroir with light soil offering more finesse.

La Garenne is ‘domaine’ cru. Belonged to an aunt, who previously sold the grapes to Olivier Leflaive. Vines are 65+ years old.

This wine will shine many years ahead, but already approachable.

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Reductive opening. Flinty minerality that develops in Iodine. Very floral with remarkable grace and transparency. High acidity. Succulent and supple wine with pleasant oily structure.

Own vineyards in the best section for white Chassagne. The mid-slope vineyards lie at 250–330 metres are well exposed but sheltered and face directly southeast.

Wonderful to drink young or with age.

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Pronounced aroma intensity with a fine citrus top-line. Flinty mineral. Fills the mouth with considered energy and a very nice complexity. Super finishing flavour, discreetly long and mouth-watering.

Own vineyards in the same section of Chassagne as Les Champs Gains. Very difficult to choose between these two, but Chenevottes to my taste is 1-inch behind in this 2015 PYCM tasting.

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Stony mineral with great aromatic depth. Almost silky herb note and camomile. Pure with a richer body and intense flavour. Steely elegant.

Parcel from wine-maker’s parents towards the top with stony and shallow soil. It’s his reference for all the other wines, never high alcohol, never low. Caillerets is one of the most distinguished wines of his cellar and my personal favourite of the tasting.

Multidimensional Grand Cru quality in all but name.

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Quite reserved opening. Develops w/ floral aromas of honeysuckle. Palate of young wine w/ crisp high acidity. Mineral & citrus aftertaste, lovely long finish.

A parcel bought in 2013, 2014 is the first vintage from these 50yo vines. High part of the vineyard w/ gravelly, clayey limestone soil.

Both red & white wines are made in the vineyard. It surrounds the Abbaye de Morgeot itself, a large residence that was once home to an order Cistercian monks.

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Waxy, less depth as opposed to l’Abbaye. Palate is floral and citrus. Energetic and nervous.

Baudines is situated near Santenay, much cooler as it’s one of the most elevated plots of Ch-M. Less deep white clay soil. Pierre-Yves has dealt with the same source since 2005 and knows the plot as if his own.

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Fruit nose with ginger hint. Here comes the Meursault mouth-filling power and high acidity. Less depth as opposed to Ch-M we tasted in the previous flight. Generous wine, but still a baby.

Fruit comes from the prized Dessus sector (top part), in the middle of Lafon’s portion, next to Puligny Combettes and touching Perrières.

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Beautiful Meursault nose - fragrant and powerful with much volume and depth. Layers of rich dense fruits. Flinty mineral with citrus finish. Full-body with developing buttery and almond flavours demonstrating huge potential for aging.

Almost on par with Caillerets, so mostly depends which style do you prefer more: Mersault or Ch-M?

Genevrieres are among commune’s finest wines located on the limestone slopes.

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Tasted right next to powerful Genevrieres, so showing less power. More grassy green young aromas. Seems weaker and diluted, but still rich Meursault style with nice texture and hints of exotic fruits. Vibrant acidity.

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Very floral and delicate at this young age. Purity and consideration. Beautiful texture and weight. Harmonious wine with ideal balance as GC should be. Very long lasting finish.

A blend of Pernand and Aloxe.

The wines are magnificent but the issue here is the availability. Only one barrel of Corton-Charlemagne produced each year. (96 pts.)

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Thanks!

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Well done, and very comprehensive tasting, although I’m surprised that the Meursault Perrieres was not included. Great information on the location of the vines in each vineyard.

I like the 2015s from PYCM as well, but would probably score them a little lower than you because of the sweetness of the vintage compared to 2014. Pierre-Yves has said on multiple occasions that the 15s resist oxidation and in his opinion will be very long lived, I hope that is the case.

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Great report. Helpful. Thanks!

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Great notes. The caillerets is my go to wine for pycm…

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Amazing notes on the 15’s from PYCM. Thanks

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I like the other ones but I find the Baudines lacking in focus. It is an OK wine in their line up. I really like their Meursault Perrieres.

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everybody loves the MP; that’s why it has vaporized from the market.

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Are you sure about the corton Charlie being one barrel a year? It is by far the most widely available grand cru that PYCM makes…

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The CC is about 1000 bottles, I believe
The Caillerets rules!! Many thanks for the brilliant notes

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As far as I remember this wine is made from sourced grapes from long time contract PYCM has since the very 1st year. And the parcel is very small making just 1 barrel. However, he must have increased the sourcing since then, but I doubt it.

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You are very welcome! Cheers! [cheers.gif]

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Agree, would have been great to taste it as well, but didn’t have 2015 available at the moment.
As for scoring, maybe you are right, but PYCM is one of my favourite white Burgundy winemakers, I am really in love with his purity and terroir expression.

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Thank you very much for reading! Cheers!

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Oh, that is definitely my favourite, but I haven’t tasted Chevalier yet. So I bet on that one. Will know once I taste it.

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That’s my pleasure and thank you for reading! Cheers!

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Fully agree about Baudines. Much weaker wines as opposed to other 1er Crus.
MP is on par with many Grand Crus.

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Great notes, thanks. Love the 2015 PYCM’s that I’ve tasted so far.

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Are you after unicorns… never managed that one…

Have not touched a single PYCM 2015 so far… ad very few 2014. I suppose the 2013 and 2011 are accessible

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Antoine,

I’ve been lucky enough to have a decent allocation if it for a while. We can open one to celebrate brexit day together. [smileyvault-ban.gif]

Dan