Domaine Ballorin Marsannay Les Echezots 2017 France Burgundy
Domaine Ballorin Marsannay Les Echezots 2017 France BurgundyDomaine Ballorin Marsannay Les Echezots 2017 – Gilles Ballorin and his wife Fabienne started out quite modestly in 2005 – with only 0.60 hectares of vines. After many years in the wine business working with other things they decided to go into production themselves, creating a domaine of their own. Today they have five hectares of vines, a giant winery in Morey-Saint-Denis and Bordeaux style labels on the bottles.
– There are good and bad things about not having the heritage, not coming from a long line of winegrowers, says Gilles Ballorin. One thing is that I don’t have a name to rely on, so I really have to make sure I make good wine.
It was after having worked for the cooperative in Igé and Mercurey based négociant Antonin Rodet that he decided it was time for a change.
– I had worked for other people for more than ten years and I was bored with it, he explains. Since I had been working for wine companies and since I like wine I thought about doing something in the same territory. Wine is a passion of mine, but I had to find out what I wanted to do. Wine merchant could have been one option, run a website on wine another. But I had some training in the vineyards and I enjoyed it very much, it was my environment.
Domaine Collotte Boivins Marsannay 2015 France Burgundy
Domaine Collotte Boivins Marsannay 2015 France BurgundyDomaine Collotte Boivins Mrasannay 2015 displays aromas cherrieslackberries and plums that’s currently quite fruit driven, revealing little in the way of the savory complexity to come. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, supple and youthfully reserved, with a layered mid-palate, fine-grained but chalky tannins and the tangy, mouthwatering acids which are so characteristic of this domaine’s 2015s. This is full of promise, and the raw materials are very fine, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it shut down further in the next six months, so be patient.“ “Collotte’s 2015 Marsannay Vieilles Vignes is excellent, opening in the glass to reveal aromas of ripe cherries, blackberries and plums that’s currently quite fruit driven, revealing little in the way of the savory complexity to come. On the palate, the wine is medium-bodied, supple and youthfully reserved, with a layered mid-palate, fine-grained but chalky tannins and the tangy, mouthwatering acids which are so characteristic of this domaine’s 2015s.
