Pierre Morey Monthelie 1er Cru Rouge 2023 champagne-club Five years on lees before

Five years on lees before release

Citra & El Dorado hops

Thirty-six months in barrel have softened the early power

Filigreed and precise

Same traditional winemaking: extended maceration

Pierre Morey Monthelie 1er Cru Rouge 2023 champagne-club Five years on lees beforePierre Morey is famous for whites, which makes this 1er Cru Monthelie a delightful curiosity the same biodynamic farming and obsessive cellar work, applied to a small parcel of Pinot Noir in the village tucked just south of Volnay and Auxey Duresses. Pierre's two decades (1988 2008) at the helm of Domaine Leflaive shaped his hands off philosophy; daughter Anne is now fully in charge and the cuvees differ mostly by new oak percentage. Monthelie tends