Domaine Collotte Cremant de Bourgogne Brut, Burgundy, France NV

Description

RMS 94

A sparkling white made entirely from Pinot Noir sourced from Champ Forey. The wine spends 30 months aging on the lees, and is redolent with red fruit and brioche. This father and daughter team produce lovely and unsung Burgundy that are excellent values. Pair with fried zucchini flowers stuffed with cheese.

From Peter Weygandt: "It was at the 2005 Grand Jours de Bourgogne that I was looking for excellent Burgundies at equally excellent value. Marsannay came to mind as a good candidate, but aside from a couple of wellknown producers, I was disappointed in the quality of many. That is until I came upon Philippe Collotte. A tall, quiet man, looking a bit like Gary Cooper, but with a lot of passion to make superb wines just waiting to be unleashed. Producing lower yields, more selection before and at harvest, de-stemmed fruit, and for us he bottles everything unfiltered. His Bourgogne parcel was planted in 1947 and there are 4 parcels of 50 + year vines in his super-value Marsannay VV. The deep, rich wines produced by Philippe Collotte are some of the best kept secrets in our portfolio.