Domaine Thomas Morey

Having worked alongside his father, Bernard, for 12 years, Thomas Morey was ready to go it alone and, quite remarkably, become the tenth generation of vignerons in his family. In 2006, he set up his eponymous domaine with his wife Sylvie, who had also inherited some vines from her family and he and his brother, Vincent, divided up the family vineyards between the two of them, sharing the big plots like Embrazées and distributing the smaller ones as fairly as possible to each other.

Since then, the domaine has expanded further and now totals 13 hectares, with numerous different plots (57 in all!) across the Côte de Beaune, producing fifteen different whites and seven different reds. Thomas has been farming organically for some time and gained his official certification last year. He has moved to a second winter of ageing in steel for his best cuvées to enhance the already tense and precise character of his white wines.

New oak is kept to around 20% through the range and there are some wonderful plots within his portfolio, many of which have very older vines, further enhancing the overt minerality of the wines. If you like lean and stony Chardonnays, these wines will be just up your street.