More about Morey-Blanc

Morey-Blanc is the négociant label of the Morey family of Meursault, the house behind Domaine Pierre Morey, and it exists because of one of Burgundy's great vineyard stories.

In 1935 Auguste Morey became a sharecropper for the Comtes Lafon, tending some of Meursault's best vines in Perrières, Genevrières and Charmes, and his son Pierre took over those leases in the 1970s. When the Lafons began reclaiming their parcels to farm themselves, a process that ended in 1991, the Moreys lost three prestigious appellations. Pierre founded Morey-Blanc the following year to fill the gap, buying grapes and must from carefully chosen growers and making the wines the same way as the domaine's. He was also, from 1988 to 2008, the man running the vines and cellars at Domaine Leflaive, and he took his own estate into biodynamics in the 1990s. His daughter Anne has worked alongside him since the late 1990s, and the next generation, Jean-Victor, joined in 2020.

The winemaking is hand harvest, native yeasts, white wines fermented and aged in barrel for up to two years, and reds almost fully destemmed and usually bottled without fining or filtration. The range leans to white Burgundy but includes reds from the Côte de Beaune. Expect precise, savory wines with the Morey family's restraint.