2023 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes

The 2023 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes is farmed organically and biodynamically under Ecocert certification, a signal of serious viticulture in a premier cru vineyard that sits at the northern edge of Puligny-Montrachet, right against the border with Meursault's Charmes-Chambertin. Les Combettes is 100% Chardonnay grown on clay and limestone soils that lend both minerality and texture, and the 2023 vintage captures the precision Burgundy delivered in a cooler, more classical growing season. This is Puligny in its most structured form, a wine built to age but approachable in its youth for those who want to see the bones of the vineyard. Domaine Morey-Coffinet is a benchmark estate in Chassagne-Montrachet, run by Michel Morey and his family, who farm seventeen hectares across some of the Côte de Beaune's most sought-after sites. The domaine converted fully to organic practices and later adopted biodynamic principles, working the vines without herbicides or synthetic treatments and allowing native flora to flourish between the rows. Les Combettes benefits from this hands-off approach in the vineyard and careful intervention in the cellar: the fruit is hand-harvested, then aged for twelve months in 228-liter oak barrels with 40% new wood, a restrained oak program that supports rather than dominates the fruit. The wine is bottled unfiltered to preserve texture and complexity. Expect lemon pith, wet stone, and white flowers on the nose, with a palate that balances orchard fruit and saline minerality. The clay in the soil gives weight; the limestone gives lift. This is the kind of Chardonnay that pairs with roasted chicken, Dover sole, or a wheel of Comté, and it will drink beautifully over the next decade as tertiary honeyed notes develop. Open it now if you want to see the tightly wound structure, or cellar it for three to five years to watch it relax into something rounder and more generous. Pick up the 2023 Domaine Morey-Coffinet Puligny-Montrachet 1er Cru Les Combettes at Off Premise in Lincoln Park at 1128 W Armitage Ave, or order for Chicago delivery or nationwide shipping.