This is a juicy and fresh expression of Chardonnay, that has real seriousness lying just beneath the surface. There's no oak here with the wine being raised 100% in stainless steel tank to retain freshness and precision, but the wine still has power. It is very expressive, really fresh and lively pear and lemon on the nose, with even a hint of exotic fruits. It finishes bright and crisp with zesty acidity. Great drinking.

The Collotte family have grown grapes in the northern Burgundy village of Marsannay for over a hundred year, but it wasn’t until 1981 that a young, 16 year-old Philippe Collotte bottled the first wine under the name of Domaine Collotte. His daughter Isabelle now runs operations at this humble yet excellent estate. Whilst Isabelle focusses particularly on the production of the domaine’s white wines, there is no doubt that her addition to the team in 2013 has helped refine the quality of the wines across the board. Today Domaine Collotte farms nearly 17ha of vines in their own village, and also in some of the more prestigious appellations to the south. The family had a long-held adherence to sustainability, with no chemical weed-killers ever used, and the philosophy is that a lot of work done in the vines promotes healthy grapes for excellent wine. Collotte’s yields are well below the appellation’s allowances, which leads to flavoursome grapes and thus flavour-packed wines! All fermentations are done with indigenous yeasts only, and the wines are not filtered. All in all, an impressive estate that flys under the radar.