Chassagne Montrachet 2023 Domaine Alex Moreau

The Chassagne Montrachet 2023 from Domaine Alex Moreau is a fine white village wine from the Côte de Beaune, precise, finely chiselled and generous. Born of the know how of a family of Chassagne winegrowers, it offers an elegant, taut Chardonnay with a strongly marked mineral imprint. It is a wine for the table, already appealing yet built for good keeping.

Terroir and vines
Chassagne Montrachet lies at the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, neighbouring Puligny Montrachet and the grands crus Montrachet and Bâtard Montrachet. The domaine's vines grow on clay limestone soils, often rich in marl and rock fragments, which give the wines both body and a lovely mineral tension. The harvest is carried out by hand. In 2023 the vintage was sunny and generous, and a well timed picking allowed the wine to keep its freshness.

Tasting profile
The colour is pale, bright gold. The nose combines citrus, pear, white peach and acacia blossom, with notes of hazelnut and a touch of gunflint. The palate is full and silky, held in place by lively acidity. It closes on a long, saline finish. This is already an appealing wine, which will gain complexity over five to eight years.

The domaine
Alex Moreau comes from a family of winegrowers established in Chassagne Montrachet for several generations, that of Domaine Bernard Moreau et Fils. He now produces his wines under his own name. His style is recognised for its purity, the accuracy of its ageing and its great precision. Lovers of great Burgundy white wines follow him closely, and his cuvées have become highly sought after.

Food and wine pairing
Serve between 11 and 13 °C, having decanted it briefly if it is young. It will show well with turbot in beurre blanc, roasted langoustines, lobster, a Bresse chicken in cream and morel sauce, or veal sweetbreads. Among cheeses, it pairs very well with an aged Comté or a Cîteaux.