2021 Caroline Morey Beaune Premier Cru Les Greves Rouge

Caroline Morey comes from a long line of vignerons based in the Cotes de Beaune and is also married to the increasingly famous, Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey. In 2014 Caroline took her share of some family vineyards from her father Jean-Marc and created her own domaine based in Chassagne-Montrachet, working out of brand new cellars built for Caroline and her husband.

For her first vintage in 2014 she had small holdings in Chassagne-Montrachet for both red and white together with small holdings in Santenay and Hautes Cotes de Beaune totalling just 2.4 hectares. With more vineyards added both from family and acquisitions in the last few years, the total is now 7 hectares in total for Caroline with roughly half for red and half for whites.

The Beaune 1er Cru is an excellent wine made with vines that are on average about 60 years of age, giving this wine great structure and an impressive intensity of flavour. The grapes were harvested in the cool early mornings and fermented with circa 20-40% whole clusters.