Morey Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet Blanc represents very well the low intervention style of Thibaut. Pure, super clean and focused fruit on the nose, with very little oak influence, the palate is equally focused; green apple, lemon curd, exotic fruit, spice and mineral character.
The biodynamically grown Chardonnay fruit comes from of a number of plots on the lower slopes, planted between 1960-1986, covering 1.5ha in total. Vinification / Ageing: 11 to 13 months in 228 and 350 litre oak barrels, 30 to 40% of which are new. Bottled unfiltered.
DOMAINE MOREY-COFFINET, Chassagne-Montrachet. Biodynamic
Founded in 1978 when Michel Morey and his wife Fabienne Coffinet combined vineyard parcels they’d received as wedding gifts. Michel Morey is the son of the late, highly regarded producer Marc Morey, and Fabienne is the daughter of Fernand Coffinet from the equally distinguished Pillot winemaking clan (on the grandmother’s side). So, with this rollcall of Chassagne icons at its core, it remains decidedly Chassagne to this day, with almost all of its Domaine holdings lying within the Chassagne-Montrachet borders, the one exception being its premier cru Puligny- Montrachet Les Pucelles. Morey-Coffinet also includes grand cru parcels in Batard Montrachet and Corton Charlemagne, as well as many other premier crus.
Michel’s son, Thibault, joined the business in the late 1990s, and the Domaine’s wines have since reached new heights. Every week, father and son taste each cuvee together in an ancient cellar, exchanging opinions and sharing ideas. Thibault continues to push the quality of his Domaine to a whole different level with his expressive, powerful, wonderfully hedonistic wines. Remarkably, in a few short years, this father and son duo have gone on to transform Domaine Morey-Coffinet using Biodynamic practises in their vineyards. Morey-Coffinet whites speak to the very essence of Chassagne, with fragrant aromas framed by powerful minerality. The reds capture the roasted, muscular aromas of Chassagne terroir and display silky texture and balance.
“People say you are a great winemaker. But winemaking is 5% – I’m just here to help nature but not more – terroir is exceptional in Burgundy – not the winemakers.” – Thibault Morey, Winemaker, Co-Owner of Domaine Morey-Coffinet.