Morey-Blanc Volnay 1er Cru Pitures 2023 QUANTITY CHECK and honeyed on the nose

and honeyed on the nose and palate

This is what Grüner tastes like when nobody is checking a rulebook

The Chardonnay pulls from a handful of inland vineyards including Vecino in Potter Valley

even tuna — they're more versatile than you'd expect for serious Bordeaux

Morey-Blanc Volnay 1er Cru Pitures 2023 QUANTITY CHECK and honeyed on the noseMorey Blanc is the ngociant arm of Pierre Morey yes, the same Pierre Morey who spent 20 years as the head winemaker at Domaine Leflaive while also running his own celebrated Meursault estate. The Morey Blanc label lets the family work with select purchased fruit beyond their domaine holdings, and the wines are made with the same hand: ambient fermentation, gentle handling, gravity bottling. Pitures sits mid slope in Volnay, right against Pommard,