Domaine Morey-Coffinet Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir, Burgundy, France 2023

Morey-Coffinet was founded in the late 1970s by Michel Morey (son of the late Marc Morey) and his wife Fabienne (from the Pillot clan). Their son, Thibault, succeeded the couple, taking the helm of the estate in 2009. Thibault joined his father in a long lineage of winemakers in Chassagne-Montrachet with great gravitas in their family names such as Pillot, Morey, and Coffinet. He has earned the respect of his peers through his thoughtful and detailed approach. In 2014, he began to pursue biodynamic viticulture, and in 2015 gained certification.

Thibault continues to push the quality of his domaine to a whole different level with his expressive, powerful, wonderfully hedonistic wines. Here in the Côte de Beaune, a transition, but not a revolution, is gently in progress.

From a 0.81 hectare parcel planted in 1968 and 1978. One of the parcels has very deep and compact clay while the other near Puligny is more fine, with 20% limestone. Aged ten months in 228 L oak barrels, 30% new, 70% two-years-old.