148 Puligny-Montrachet AC 2008 Le Trezin
Domaine Marc Colin

Grape:100% Chardonnay (13% alc.)

The Colins’ Trezin vineyards (60 years old) lie above Puligny. It is cooler here and so the wine always retains a good cut of acidity that marries beautifully with its steely, composed fruit. For drinking now to 2014.

Technical Information
Winemaker:	Damien Colin
Location:	Gamay
Size of domaine:	20 hectares in total. Bts produced of PM = 1200-1500 a year
Grape:	Chardonnay 60 yr old vines. 10,000 vines per hectare.
Terroir:	Above Puligny at 250-300 mtrs altitude by the forest; very exposed to the wind (facing due south). Very white soils 50cm deep and lots of stones. Limestone base. Harvested later as cooler.
Viticulture:	Have always ploughed the soil. Since 2002 no chemical weedkillers used. Hand harvest 100%. 45 hectos per hectare.
Vinification:	Pneumatic press. Whole grape bunches into press for 2½ hectares slow press. Natural, indigenous yeasts. Both alcoholic and malo fermentations in barrel. Racked once. No batonnage. Elevage 35% new oak, 1+2 yr old for balance. Fined with a mix of casein and bentonite – filtered lightly by kieselghur. Bottled in early September using their own equipment.
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exc vat: £24.79