Domaine Joseph Colin’s Saint-Aubin 1er Cru Clos du Meix 2023 is a single-vineyard Chardonnay from a walled premier cru site in Saint-Aubin, in the Côte de Beaune. Colin founded his own domaine in 2016 after working at his family’s long-established Marc Colin estate, and he has quickly built a reputation for precise, terroir-forward whites. Clos du Meix itself is described as a cooler, east-facing parcel with chalky, stony limestone soils, positioned between Chassagne-Montrachet and Puligny-Montrachet—conditions that typically favor tension and a mineral line in the finished wine.

The 2023 vintage in Burgundy was widely characterized as both generous and balanced, with healthy yields and ripe fruit supported by retained freshness—helpful context for understanding why this wine can combine body with drive rather than leaning purely into richness.

In the cellar, Colin is known for a restrained approach intended to preserve clarity: whole-cluster pressing to barrel, indigenous-yeast fermentations, no lees stirring, and minimal sulfur use until shortly before bottling. New oak is kept low (generally cited in the 10–20% range), aiming for support rather than overt wood flavor. The wine is listed at 13% alcohol.

Jasper Morris MW (Inside Burgundy) gives an excellent early assessment at 93 points (noted as 91–93), highlighting both brightness and build. He describes the color as “pale lemon and lime,” with “a little tension to the nose,” then “mixed white fruit, clean, with some depth.” Importantly, he notes it is “beginning to add a little flesh through the middle,” while remaining “certainly persistent.” Morris also frames it as a strong performance from an under-the-radar site: “This may be a lesser known 1er Cru but the 2023 has all that it needs.”

Taken together, the picture is of a balanced Saint-Aubin premier cru: clean fruit and citrus lift, a sense of underlying structure, and a steady, lingering finish—more about line and completeness than sheer opulence.