Domaine Marc Colin Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Les Combes 2024
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The Land
Saint-Aubin is the Côte de Beaune's value-hunter's secret, a cool side valley behind Chassagne and Puligny where Chardonnay grows on steep, limestone-rich slopes. Les Combes is a premier cru on the eastern edge of the appellation, right up against the Chassagne-Montrachet border, and that neighborhood shapes it: the wine leans a touch rounder and more open than the flinty crus higher up the valley, without losing Saint-Aubin's stony backbone. The soils are the classic pale clay and limestone of the Côte, well-drained and lean, and the cool valley air keeps acidity firm through ripening. This is serious white Burgundy terroir hiding in plain sight beside far more famous names.
The Wine
100% Chardonnay from the Les Combes premier cru. Whole-cluster pressed, fermented on native yeasts, and aged in French oak barrels with a modest proportion new, on the fine lees for close to a year before bottling. The oak stays in the background. Expect ripe pear, white peach, citrus, hazelnut, and white flowers, with a rounder, more immediately giving texture than En Remilly and a clean, saline, limestone finish. Drinkable young but with the structure to hold a few years. The 2024 vintage was small and difficult across Burgundy, with mildew pressure and low yields, but the fruit that survived made bright, balanced whites with firm acidity.
The People
Marc Colin founded this domaine in 1970 in the village of Saint-Aubin, building on vines inherited from the Colin and Ponavoy families, some held for more than a century, and his father Pierre had planted in Puligny back in 1946. Today it is run by two of Marc's children, Damien in the cellar and Caroline on the business side, still with their father close at hand, while two other Colin sons, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey and Joseph, left to found their own well-known labels. The vines are worked by hand and the winemaking is precise and restrained, built to show the site rather than the cellar.
Food Pairing
This is a white with enough flesh for a proper meal and enough acidity to stay lively. Pour it with roast chicken, with grilled sole or halibut, with scallops or crab in butter, or with a creamy mushroom tart. It also loves a young Comté or Beaufort. Serve it cool but not ice-cold so the texture shows. The kind of Saint-Aubin that punches well above its village next to its grander neighbors.
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Burgundy, in eastern France, encompasses several subregions, but it is the Côte d'Or that is home to many of the world's most expensive and revered wines. The region, primarily a single east-facing slope, has mixed limestone soils that vary dramatically from village to village and even vineyard to vineyard. White wines, crafted from Chardonnay, range from rich and opulent to lean and intensely mineral, while Pinot Noir produces silky, perfumed red wines of exceptional finesse and complexity. Centuries of winemaking tradition have resulted in every plot being meticulously recognized and scrutinized, making the Côte d'Or a true capital of terroir.
Burgundy - Cote d'Or
Chardonnay, one of the world's most versatile and beloved white grape varieties, showcases a remarkable spectrum of styles, from the lean, mineral-driven expressions of Chablis in France to the rich, buttery, and oak-aged versions from California's Napa Valley. Its adaptability extends to cooler climates such as Burgundy, where it achieves elegance and complexity, and to regions like Australia's Yarra Valley, known for producing vibrant and fruit-forward renditions. This grape's ability to reflect its terroir, coupled with winemaking techniques, results in a wide array of profiles, including unoaked, crisp varieties with apple and citrus notes, to full-bodied wines with tropical fruit flavors and creamy textures.
