What's Pressoir Drinking?

by Raj Vaidya
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021

On my last day in Paris at the end of the trip to France I was lucky to have managed this past month, I found myself in a wine shop not far from the Seine with a tremendous collection of Burgundy that I could not resist. Realizing full well how heavy this would make my luggage, I went ahead and decided I had to have this bottle of 2007 from the négociant arm of Pierre and Anne Morey’s winery. The sourcing of this 1er Cru is very familiar to the Morey’s as there was a domaine bottling of Genevrieres through the ‘89 vintage, vines that had been rented from the Domaine des Comtes Lafon. The négociant bottling began the following vintage, in 1990. This 2007 was incredibly fresh, a happy finding as I’ve had lots of great 07’s begin to show the early signs of premature oxidation from other excellent producers. Touches of marzipan, salted sweet corn and shellfish in the nose, the length and elegance were exceptional, and the palate broad and lush but with tremendous energy. Not bad for a ‘suitcase bottle’!

We will be featuring the Moreau family in several of our seminars during the upcoming La Paulée Mondiale, be sure to check them out. Truly one of my favorite wineries (and some of my favorite people) in Burgundy…