Great wines express the grape (variety) they are made from, the place, terroir, where they are grown, and the hand of the winemaker. It is the interplay of those facets that make wine so enthralling. We love the Meursaults from both Domaines Pierre Morey and Boyer-Martenot. They all are of their place, and express the vineyards they are from, but the way Anne Morey and Vincent Boyer channel that is so so different. The wines from Boyer-Martenot are generous and powerful, they are balanced through their structure and form. The Morey wines are about delicacy with an electric elegance. 

Domaine Pierre Morey

Pierre Morey is a living legend in Burgundy. He was the régisseur (winemaker and vineyard manager) for the famed Domaine Leflaive starting in 1988 and ending in July of 2008. The estate is now firmly under the direction of Pierre's daughter, Anne. Like her father she believes deeply in biodynamics and the importance of farming in creating a terroir-driven wine. She speaks of wine in abstracts that make sense once you appreciate the deep complexity of these wines - they cannot be well encapsulated by tasting notes. 

Domaine Boyer-Martenot

Vincent Boyer of Domaine Boyer-Martenot values both innovation and tradition, his wines exemplify this.  Overtly oaky, fruity, or reductive notes are eschewed in favor of wines that push the expression of grape and place further to the fore front. Vincent approaches the elevage of the wines like no other Burgundian vigneron that we know. The recipe, so to speak, is similar across the board. Hand harvested, fermented with indigenous yeasts in tank, aged for one year in barrel (usually 20%-30% new), and then all the wines are aged an additional year in unlined concrete egg-shaped tanks. He feels the wines need the time but wants neither the reduction from steel aging, nor oxidation from extended barrel aging.