Wine Bruno Colin, Chassagne-Montrachet AOC, 2020, 1.5 L

The municipality of Chassagne-Montrachet from Burgundy area of only 2.5 miles is known for its famous Grand Cru far beyond France. Of the harvest from these vineyards produced the world’s best white wines.
Chardonnay grapes from which created a wonderful wine Chassagne-Montrachet, is grown in the eponymous appellasona. Berries with 30-year-old vines are hand-picked and subjected to pressure with a soft pressing. Cold maceration and fermentation take place in the primary tanks, and for malolactic fermentation, the wort is transferred to oak barrels (20% of which are used for the first time). After 10 months of aging in French oak barrels the wine is drained into the tanks and before bottling takes place pasting and light filtering.

In 2003, the famous Burgundy winemaker Michel Kolen-Delezhe shared most of its vineyards between his two sons Bruno and Philip. Each of them received a degree in viticulture and winemaking, worked for many years side by side with his father. Deciding to begin self-production of wine in 2004, they first presented to the consumers their products, and in just 4 years achieved international recognition. Now available Bruno Colin is 8.5 hectares of vineyards, leased from his family. Their territory is located near village Puligny, Chassagne, Santenay, St. Aubin and Maranges. In these areas, weed control herbicides are no longer used, and when working with modern methods vines pruning. Particular attention thirty grape plots in five communes, paid at maturity of the crop. Harvesting time is determined not only by the content of sugar in the berries, but the acidity. Bruno Kolen believes that maintaining a certain level of acidity gives the wine a special freshness. Vinifitsiruya wort from each vineyard separately from each other, he tries in this period of production to minimize the human factor.

All wines Domaine Bruno Colin reflect the characteristics of their terroirs and marked their own style, which is characterized by a refreshing minerality and strict elegance. In 2007, Bruno organized small business negotsiantsky in which additionally buys grapes in other farms and produces wine from it under his own name.