Pierre Morey Monthelie 2023 BFCM21ALL it's a clean

it's a clean

because it's built to reward patience and won't hit full stride for years

concrete and steel

this cooler site has become newly relevant: Potensac can more easily produce the classically-styled Bordeaux that so many of us miss

lemon balm and santolina (a slightly bitter Mediterranean shrub in the chamomile family)

Pierre Morey Monthelie 2023 BFCM21ALL it's a cleanPierre Morey is best known for some of Meursault's most precise whites, but the family also farms a small parcel of Pinot Noir in Monthelie the modest village wedged between Volnay and Auxey Duresses and the same hand shapes the reds. Pierre's twenty years (1988 2008) at Domaine Leflaive set the template; his daughter Anne is now fully in charge, and the cuvees differ mainly by new oak percentage. At the village level, the wine is a transparent,