2020 Thomas Morey Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Macherelles Magnum

Les Macherelles is a premier cru plot of approximately 5 hectares in Chassagne-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune. Chardonnay dominates on the loamy soils, but small amounts of Pinot Noir are also present here. It is one of the flattest Premier Cru sites with an easterly orientation, reaching as far as the houses in the north of the commune of Chassagne-Montrachet.

In the glass, the Les Macherelles by Thomas Morey has a light straw yellow color. The Chassagne-Montrachet Les Macherelles 1 Series Cru 2020 has a finely detailed and rather mineral-driven bouquet that gains intensity in the glass. Very Puligny in style. The acid is lively and provides pressure, the fruit is crunchy and alternates between ripe green and pale yellow notes. There is also a hint of nuts and smoke. Even in the aftertaste, the Les Macherelles remains high in tone and clear, citrusy and fresh and becomes particularly salty and mineral with a fine persistence. Enjoy this for the next 12 to 15 years. This version of this great Chassagne-Montrachet is a 1.5 liter Magnum

ABOUT THOMAS & Sylvie MOREY It was clear to Thomas and Sylvie that they wanted to work in their domain as their grandparents had done. That meant completely dispensing with herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers. That was in 2011. In 2014 they then officially tackled this and achieved certification in 2017. When you talk to Thomas Morey he always looks back to the time with his grandparents who never touched a chemical syringe and always made good wines. He himself wanted to continue with the 'old-school approach', as he calls it - mainly because he was never comfortable with the sprays used at home. In the cellar, Thomas Morey works exclusively with spontaneous fermentation and has never used sulfur during fermentation. He always puts the sulfur into the barrels first - and only very minimally and over several doses - so that it reaches a maximum of 35 mg/l over the last six months of barrel storage. The white wines mature on the yeast, there is no batonnage and the proportion of new wood is a moderate 20%. The wines are lightly filtered before bottling. The Pinot is largely destemmed and carefully aged in the wood. The wines only stay in the barrel for about nine months and are then bottled. Read more under the Tab: Winery

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