2012 St Aubin Blanc En Remilly
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Tight nose hints at lemon and crushed stone. Concentrated and perfumed, showing a suave texture and excellent acid spine to its citrus and mineral flavors. Finishes juicy, pure and long. The crop level here was just 35 hectoliters per hectare--down 40% from 2011--due to frost, the dry summer and a bit of hail, noted Colin.
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Allen Meadows, Burghound
Jancis Robinson MW
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The 2012 St. Aubin 1er Cru En Remilly reverts straight to the classic style of St. Aubin with scents of cold limestone and a touch of oyster shell. The palate is very harmonious on the entry with supremely well-judged acidity. It is very focused at the moment, demonstrating good weight in the mouth, but shutting up shop on the finish. Again, this will need two or three years in bottle to get the most from it. Readers should check out my video taken with Pierre-Yves onwww.erobertparker.com, where he discusses his impression of the 2012 vintage. He is the prime example of a vigneron that might not possess his own vines, yet creates wines that surpass many of those who do. The bottom line is that volume was approximately 40% to 50% down compared to 2011 (apart from St. Aubin that was only 20% to 25% down.) Pierre-Yves explained that his 2012s displayed much higher acid levels compared to 2011 and opined that they will be shy at the beginning. He expressed the importance of not wishing to “push” the wines, so that he could stay true to what he feels is a more classic vintage in the mold of 2007 and 2010. Tasting through the complete set of 2012s, Pierre-Yves clearly had a firm grasp on the vintage and his wines were (again) a cut above the rest, from his generic white Burgundy to his clutch of grand crus. Importer: A Daniel Johnnes Selection, imported by Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300; also imported by Bertin Henri Selections, 10900 N.W. 21st Street, Unit 180, Doral, Florida 33172 tel: (305) 343-4054
The least expressive of the three 2012 St-Aubins here, although there's a bit of lime and real excitement on the palate. Something quite definitively 'mineral' about this. Lovely balance and tension with obvious potential. Crystalline. But quite a weight on the palate. (JR)
(12.4% alcohol): Musky aromas of minerals and exotic fruits. Nicely sweet and concentrated, showing a slightly candied quality to its lemon zest fruit. Tactile, serious Saint-Aubin with good saline minerality on the finish.
About the producer
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey (known by many as PYCM) is a négociant and domaine that has become one of the most popular white wine producers in Burgundy – with a prolific number of cuvées from the top Grands and Premiers Crus vineyards in the Côte de Beaune.