Alex Moreau
Burgundy
Côte de Beaune
This fine domaine is based in Chassagne-Montrachet, and its roots go back to 1809 when Auguste Moreau built its first cellar. The majority of the domaine’s 5 hectares were assembled by Marcel Moreau in the 1930s.
Alexandre’s father, Bernard Moreau, took over the vineyards and cellar in the early 1960s at the age of 14, and by the 1970s, he had already secured a solid reputation for the domaine.
Alex Moreau, who has been running the legendary Domaine Bernard Moreau, belongs to the new generation of talented winemakers in the Côte d’Or. He has undergone formal studies and gained experience working in other wine regions around the world. In 2021, Alex began bottling wines under his own label.
The approach to managing the vineyards is natural: there is no use of herbicides or pesticides, and only plowing is applied. Only organic fertilizers are used. Pruning is the main method employed to keep the yields low and under control. Harvesting is done solely by hand, and fermentation occurs naturally through the grapes’ own yeasts. The grapes are lightly crushed before pressing and left to settle overnight.
All wines are aged in wood, without racking or lees stirring, retaining the natural carbon dioxide of the process for as long as possible. The Bourgognes are aged in older barrels before being assembled in tanks. The village wines are aged in barrels, 25% of which are new, while the premier crus see 30-50% new oak. The Bâtard-Montrachet and Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet (both from farmed land) receive 100% new oak, but these barrels are only lightly to medium toasted to avoid excessive oak character. Unfortunately, there are only 3 barrels of these fine grand crus combined each year. The total élevage in barrels is determined vintage by vintage and varies between 12-20 months, plus another one to three months in tank to allow the lees to settle slowly. The wines are bottled without filtration but with slight fining.
The domaine’s most famous vineyard is its 0.35 hectares of Chassagne-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Grandes Rouchotes, but the entire range represents Chassagne-Montrachet at its finest.
