Pierre Morey Meursault "Les Tessons"

The characteristically stony, limestone-filled soils of Les Tessons, combined with the biodynamic cultivation of Pierre Morey's privately owned vineyard, clearly illustrate the gifts of this terroir in wine. More nerve and stony minerality than fruit, in a wine that is "vertical" rather than "broad" as one would expect from a Meursault on the palate. And yet this is the terroir and Pierre and his daughter Anne Morey, as with all great Meursaults, choose to show it off without unnecessary "fudging". Nothing ostentatious about the wine, just a genuine expression of the wonderful, almost reductive, minerality of Les Tessons at the start. With time it will "open up" showing the vibrant fruit and a floral quality dimension, a benchmark of this terroir. At five years the volume and power of Les Tessons will begin to show but without the wine ever losing its mineral, lively dimension. A wine truly comparable to the top whites of Burgundy.