Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey
Les Chenevottes
Chassagne Montrachet
2019

The producer

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey is one of Burgundy's most esteemed winemakers, renowned for producing refined, terroir-driven wines that highlight the unique characteristics of each vineyard. After working with his family’s Domaine Marc Colin, Pierre-Yves established his own domaine in 2001, focusing on small, meticulous production from premier and grand cru sites across Chassagne-Montrachet, Puligny-Montrachet, and Saint-Aubin. Known for his minimalist approach, he uses natural fermentation, limited intervention, and aging in older oak barrels to preserve the purity, minerality, and complexity of his wines. Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey’s wines are celebrated worldwide for their elegance, intensity, and exceptional age-worthiness.

The wine

Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey’s Les Chenevottes is an exceptional expression of Chassagne-Montrachet, sourced from the premier cru vineyard Les Chenevottes. Known for its elegance and precision, this Chardonnay is characterized by vibrant acidity, layered minerality, and a rich bouquet of citrus, white flowers, and subtle toasted almond. Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey's minimal intervention and careful use of oak bring out the wine’s depth and purity, highlighting the unique terroir of Chassagne-Montrachet. This complex, age-worthy wine is beloved by connoisseurs for its refined structure and length.

We choose our wines based on a range of criteria (see how we choose our wines) of which critic scores is just one. Rather than simply highlight the best score to promote a wine, our average critic score is calculated from the scores provided by several respected wine critics, who we follow for specific regions. They do not represent all critic scores and, wherever possible, we try and give more weight to more recent reviews. Where appropriate we consider market-based scores like Global Wine Score or Wine Searcher Average scores.

As a rule, we look to offer wines that achieve a 92/100 average critic score or better and frankly a lot of very good wines simply don’t make the cut. As a high-end provider we want to reflect that positioning in the quality of wines we offer. Such wines are only a tiny fraction of those generally on offer in the market. We believe that an average score is a more conservative and representative approach, but it is still subjective and only offered as a guide to our customers, who will (and should) do their own research. We will add individual critic scores to our website in the future.