Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: France
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Morgeot is one of Chassagne’s largest and most historically important Premier Cru sites, known for producing wines with greater breadth, texture and power than the higher, rockier vineyards closer to Puligny. PYCM’s holdings are planted on clay-limestone soils that naturally give more weight through the palate while still retaining freshness thanks to Colin-Morey’s low-yield approach and carefully timed harvesting.
Fruit is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed before fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 350L barrels. New oak is used sparingly and there is no lees stirring, preserving the tension and mineral line that define the PYCM style. Elevage is extended and controlled, with part of the maturation completed in tank before bottling to maintain freshness and precision.
The result is a Morgeot that carries the appellation’s expected depth and texture, but without heaviness — more focused and saline than many examples from the site.
Cellared Says
Morgeot can sometimes lean broad and obvious. PYCM’s version doesn’t. It still has the scale and authority you want from Chassagne, but with the cut and precision that make it genuinely compelling.
Reviews
Notes of pear, clear honey, white flowers and freshly baked bread introduce the 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless wine that will offer a broad drinking window.
William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 91-93 Points
Smoky aromas of various white-fleshed fruit, petrol and candied citrus give way to supple, delicious and caressing, if not especially dense, flavors that still manage to possess focused power on the agreeable dry, rustic and balanced finale. ♥ Outstanding
Allen Meadows, Burghound 90-93 Points
Region: Burgundy
Sub Region: Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Morgeot
Variety: Chardonnay
Country: France
Vintage: 2023
The Wine
Morgeot is one of Chassagne’s largest and most historically important Premier Cru sites, known for producing wines with greater breadth, texture and power than the higher, rockier vineyards closer to Puligny. PYCM’s holdings are planted on clay-limestone soils that naturally give more weight through the palate while still retaining freshness thanks to Colin-Morey’s low-yield approach and carefully timed harvesting.
Fruit is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed before fermentation with indigenous yeasts in 350L barrels. New oak is used sparingly and there is no lees stirring, preserving the tension and mineral line that define the PYCM style. Elevage is extended and controlled, with part of the maturation completed in tank before bottling to maintain freshness and precision.
The result is a Morgeot that carries the appellation’s expected depth and texture, but without heaviness — more focused and saline than many examples from the site.
Cellared Says
Morgeot can sometimes lean broad and obvious. PYCM’s version doesn’t. It still has the scale and authority you want from Chassagne, but with the cut and precision that make it genuinely compelling.
Reviews
Notes of pear, clear honey, white flowers and freshly baked bread introduce the 2023 Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Abbaye de Morgeot, a medium to full-bodied, satiny and seamless wine that will offer a broad drinking window.
William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 91-93 Points
Smoky aromas of various white-fleshed fruit, petrol and candied citrus give way to supple, delicious and caressing, if not especially dense, flavors that still manage to possess focused power on the agreeable dry, rustic and balanced finale. ♥ Outstanding
Allen Meadows, Burghound 90-93 Points
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