Pierre-Yves Colin Morey Santenay? Yes, Santenay!

There is no hotter winemaker in Burgundy than the wunderkind that is Pierre-Yves Colin Morey. This micro-negociant started up in 2005. Before that he was the winemaker at his father's great domaine, Marc Colin. He started his own Domaine in 2005 and it principally focuses on white wines from Bourgogne Blanc up to Montrachet with everything in between. For me, in 2008 everything clicked for him and now with 2010 and 2011 vintages he is considered THE rising young talent in Burgundy. Burgundy's Bryce Harper have you.   Today I am offering his rarest wine and you might think it is a white wine but it actually is not. Not rose either. I kid, I kid. It is a Santenay. Not just any Santenay mind you but 100 year old vines Santenay that Pierre-Yves only makes 2 barrels of a year. I have very very little of this wine, but enough to make most of you happy. This will be allocated.  I am thrilled to offer the 2008 Pierre-Yves Colin Morey Santenay "Vieilles Vignes-Ceps Centenaires" for $39.99 a bottle.  This wine is allocated and very hard to source; (frankly I had to pay through the nose to get this parcel and am taking thin margins) but it's such a great and rare wine that I really wanted to offer it to my list.   I cannot even begin to tell you how special all of his wines are. I know that some of you have drunk them and have been rendered speechless. But I bet most, if not none of you, have ever had his Santenay. Prepare to be blown away. Especially with a wine with a few years of age on it.  The vines come from a lieu-dit called Les Champs Claude and within this lieu-dit there is a section of 100 year old vines and that is where the designation, "Ceps Centenaires", comes from.  Pierre-Yves owns .3 ha of this parcel. There is a level of purity, concentration and finesse that is unheard of in Santenay. Even amongst the best Santenays I have sampled they always have a rustic edge. This wine is a testament to Pierre-Yves incredible skill as a winemaker but also to the extra boost old vines can give to a wine. This is easily the best Santenay being made in Burgundy today, outperforming better villages and even the top producers who specialize in Santenay.   I cannot emphasize enough that this wine is an absolute steal as I ascribe to something called the "absolute qualitative hierarchy." To make a very long winded idea short, let's just say I would rather drink the best Santenay, and 9 times out of 10 it will be better than an average Nuits st Georges, Chambolle-Musigny or Gevrey-Chambertin. Yes, the name Santenay is not as sexy as say Chambolle or Gevrey but I'd rather drink the best Santenay than the 20th best Gevrey just because it is Gevrey.  This wine is set to arrive in the Fall. This is a very ageable wine and should improve for up to 10 more years and last for 10 more after that. As I said, please put in your request and I will allocate accordingly.   Note: the vintage on the bottle says 2009, I am offering the 2008. These wines will arrive in the Fall.   Please have all of your orders in by Thursday, April 25th at 5pm. After that I cannot accept any more orders.  If I could please ask you to hit reply and send me your billing and shipping addresses along with your order if you are a first time customer. My phone number is 917-912-4355 and you can reach me to give me your CC #'s (we prefer not to receive credit card numbers over E-Mail). You will have an invoice within 72 hours after the offer ends.

2008 Pierre-Yves Colin Morey Santenay "Vieilles Vignes-Ceps Centenaires" - $39.99 btl (NET)