• Pierre Morey & Morey-Blanc

    • Meursault Les Tessons (PM)

    At a Glance

    • Size: 0.89 ha (2.20 ac)
    • Variety: Chardonnay
    • Vine Age: Planted in 1975
    • Terroir: Hillside above Meursault near famous 1er Crus, rocky soils on limestone bedrock
    • Viticulture: Certified organic and biodynamic
    • Vinification: Gentle pneumatic pressing, 12 to 24 hours settling of must, alcoholic fermentation on fine lees in barrel (20-50% new oak). Aged for 16 to 20 months, fined/filtered if necessary, bottling by gravity.

    Additional Info

    Steep, on a light and easily-eroded soil, everyone agrees that Tessons is one of the best village level vineyards in Meursault. Lavalle, in 1855, placed it in his ‘Premieres Cuvee’ along with Genevrières Dessus, Charmes Dessus, Bouchères and Gouttes d’Or. According to the Moreys, if it wasn’t included in the AOC in 1935, it is only because most of it lay fallow after phylloxera. The majority of Tessons was was only replanted in the 1950s.