2023 Caroline Morey, Santenay Rouge

About this wine

The 2023 Caroline Morey Santenay Rouge is the entry to a domaine that has become one of the most sought-after addresses in Chassagne-Montrachet. The Pinot Noir vines sit in Le Chainey, in the southern sector of Santenay, quite high on the slope adjoining the premier cru Grand Clos Rousseau, a cooler, stonier position than the plain below. Caroline Morey, who took her share of her father Jean-Marc's vineyards in 2014 and makes her wines beside her husband Pierre-Yves Colin, picks by hand, keeps between a quarter and forty percent of whole bunches for her reds depending on the year, ferments with native yeasts and raises the wine up to fourteen months in 350-litre barrels, around thirty percent new for this cuvée, without stirring the lees. The bottle is sealed with wax over a long untreated cork, the domaine's signature.

Expect bright sour cherry and raspberry, a light floral note, super-fine tannins and a juicy, fresh finish that makes it the easiest of her reds to open young. Serve at 15 degrees with roast chicken, a cheese board, charcuterie or a mushroom tart. Drink now to 2032.

About Caroline Morey

Caroline Morey is the daughter of Jean-Marc Morey of Chassagne-Montrachet and the wife of Pierre-Yves Colin, and in 2014 she took her share of the family vines, 2.4 hectares, to start a domaine of her own in the new cellar the couple built in Chassagne. The estate has grown to seven hectares, two thirds Chardonnay and a third Pinot Noir, farmed sustainably and picked by hand. The whites ferment as whole bunches on native yeasts and are raised without lees stirring; the reds keep a quarter to forty percent of whole clusters, depending on site and year. Élevage is mostly in 350-litre barrels, never more than thirty percent new, up to fourteen months for the reds, and the bottles are sealed with wax over long untreated corks.