Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chaumées
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: France
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Caroline Morey has quickly become one of the standout white Burgundy producers of the Côte de Beaune, working from holdings centred around Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin. Her wines balance the richness and texture expected of Chassagne with a notably precise and mineral style in the cellar.
Chaumées is a small Premier Cru climat situated mid-slope in southern Chassagne, below Maltroie and close to Morgeot. The site combines limestone-rich soils with deeper clay sections, producing wines that carry both generosity and strong mineral structure. Caroline farms the vineyard with low yields and careful canopy management to retain freshness and vineyard definition.
Fruit is hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed before fermentation with indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels, typically with restrained new oak. Elevage is long and deliberate, with extended lees ageing and minimal intervention to preserve texture and site expression. The resulting wine sits stylistically between the breadth of Morgeot and the tension of higher-slope Chassagne sites.
Cellared Says
This is proper Chassagne Blanc: enough flesh and texture to satisfy, but with the mineral backbone and precision that keep it serious, long and lithe. Caroline Morey is making some very smart wines right now, and this is one of the highlights.
Reviews
Neal Martin, Vinous, 91–93 points — praised the wine’s balance of ripe citrus, chalk and mineral tension, with excellent persistence through the finish.
Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy, 92–94 points — highlighted the wine’s energy, stony structure and layered fruit profile.
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Chaumées
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: France
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Caroline Morey has quickly become one of the standout white Burgundy producers of the Côte de Beaune, working from holdings centred around Chassagne-Montrachet and Saint-Aubin. Her wines balance the richness and texture expected of Chassagne with a notably precise and mineral style in the cellar.
Chaumées is a small Premier Cru climat situated mid-slope in southern Chassagne, below Maltroie and close to Morgeot. The site combines limestone-rich soils with deeper clay sections, producing wines that carry both generosity and strong mineral structure. Caroline farms the vineyard with low yields and careful canopy management to retain freshness and vineyard definition.
Fruit is hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed before fermentation with indigenous yeasts in French oak barrels, typically with restrained new oak. Elevage is long and deliberate, with extended lees ageing and minimal intervention to preserve texture and site expression. The resulting wine sits stylistically between the breadth of Morgeot and the tension of higher-slope Chassagne sites.
Cellared Says
This is proper Chassagne Blanc: enough flesh and texture to satisfy, but with the mineral backbone and precision that keep it serious, long and lithe. Caroline Morey is making some very smart wines right now, and this is one of the highlights.
Reviews
Neal Martin, Vinous, 91–93 points — praised the wine’s balance of ripe citrus, chalk and mineral tension, with excellent persistence through the finish.
Jasper Morris, Inside Burgundy, 92–94 points — highlighted the wine’s energy, stony structure and layered fruit profile.
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