Translation missing: en.ACellars Newsletter 7th July, 2022 - P.Y.C.M. + Domaine Guiberteau + Staff Pick + Spinifex Tasting Saturday!: ACellars Newsletter 7th July, 2022 - P.Y.C.M. + Domaine Guiberteau + Staff Pick + Spinifex Tasting Saturday!
In-Store Tasting:
This Saturday, July 9th
3pm - 6pm
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Pierre Yves Colin Morey 2019
One of the rising stars in the new wave of Burgundy producers is Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey, or PYCM for short. PYCM’s wines are becoming more and more sought after globally and for good reason.
Based in Chassagne-Montrachet, PYCM makes wines from a myriad of sites across the Côte de Beaune and a few red cuvees from sites in the Côte de Nuits, such as Vosne-Romanée for example.
His whites are hallmarked by a classic gun flint reduction, aged in 350L French oak barrels which helps to retain energy and freshness while minimising creaminess and oak spice in the wines. His entry level wines always present some of the best value Burgundy whites on offer each year, and as a team we try to make sure to taste a bottle of the Bourgogne Blanc and Bourgogne Aligoté as soon as we can. Unfortunately this year we might not get a chance as the wines are getting snapped up quickly!
As is common these days, a lot of the wines are consumed on release and will certainly benefit from air, if that is your plan. But we strongly recommend putting the wines down for a spell, to give them a chance to truly show themselves. A bit of time in the cellar helps these wines gain layers of complexity, filling out and making for a much more exciting drinking experience.
As always there are two releases from this producer each year with the higher tier wines to follow in a few months.
Don’t sleep on these as there is never enough to go around, especially for that Bourgogne Blanc and Aligoté we mentioned, which have already sold out!
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Domaine Guiberteau
"Romain Guiberteau’s white wines made him famous.
When they hit the mainstream, they blew everyone’s minds with their power, energy, and sharpness. These wines are so potent and high energy as to require sometime in bottle, so don’t open too early.
The reds are great, too.
Some contend Romain Guiberteau is in fact a better red-wine maker, despite his white-wine fame."
Rajat Parr, The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste
Domaine Guiberteau is a relatively new Domaine, certainly in the context of Loire Valley producers. Their Saumur fruit (Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc) was supplied to the local co-operative for many years until Romain Guiberteau decided it was time to bottle his holdings himself.
Romain's mentor is Nady Foucault of Clos Rougeard, arguably the best estate in the Loire Valley and certainly the most sought after. You really couldn't find a better mentor. It certainly helps to explain how a new-comer has been able to produce wines of such high quality and praise in a relatively short space of time. Combine that with a focused and meticulous approach in the vineyard and cellar and we start to understand why these wines have become so sought after globally.
This estate is no longer one to watch - it's not to be missed.
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