This is an exciting new domaine that owes its origins to Simon’s grandfather Michel Colin (of Domaine Colin-Deléger), who split his domaine in two stages between his sons Philippe and Bruno (see both above).
Simon’s father Philippe has initiated the same approach and has gifted 9.30 ha of his domaine to Simon in the proportion of 6.3 ha in white and 3 ha in red. Breaking it down further, 40% will be in 1ers, 40% in villages and 20% in regional appellations. Simon has had a varied apprenticeship as he worked with his father from 2014 to 2017 and then in South Africa, at Adelsheim in Oregon and then 4 years with Domaine Sauzet He began a small négociant operation while he was at Sauzet and finally came to an agreement with his father to buy the building and equipment to begin on his own account with his father’s vineyards.
Colin is in the process of applying for organic viticulture certification. For the reds, the approach is to use from 0% to 50% whole clusters using mostly pump overs during a 10 to as many as 15-day cuvaison. This is followed by a 48-hour lees settling regimen and the new wine is then barreled down using between 25 to 33% new wood. The élevage period typically lasts between 12 and 15 months. With respect to Colin’s 2022, he professed himself to be “extremely happy with the reds and satisfied with the whites.”
