The Rise of The MicroNegociant - the new PYCM? Just Maybe . . . . Must Try New Winery for Burg Lovers

Don't we all wish we all got in on the ground floor on PYCM (Pierre Yves Colin Morey)?The wines

are better than ever and allocations are super tight (if you can get them). He also raised the stakes for high quality micro-negociants that wine lovers thirst over. His St. Aubin's have redefined what great St. Aubin can be. Most wine lovers who love Burgundy tend to turn their nose up at negociants. Granted some do stink and are boring many of them can be very good and provide great value. The Jadot/Drouhin duo seek to be accepted amongst wine geeks and the general public. The wines are very good if not always exciting. But that's my personal opinion. For Jadot the Beaujolais Cru's are the exciting stuff.

Anyway when the micro-negociants starting gaining steam, their wines passed very good to the levels of profound. PYCM and to a lesser degree Deux Montille are making some of the best white wines in Burgundy and they are both negociant labels. Now there is someone new on the scene named David Moret who is getting incredibly high quality fruit from some of Burgundy's best sites along with, doing something I love for, which is churning out remarkable wines from less then heralded appellations. He got his start by selling winery equipment to Domaines in Burgundy which put himself in touch with a lot of people. He specifically requested the Cote de Beaune as his territory. He is very personable and had many friends, especially in Meursault.  He knows what he wants and typically buys from the same parcels every year.

The first wine is the 2013 David Moret St. Romain which can be had for as little as $38.99 on the 4-pack and represents terrific value as it is from an appellation not many people have heard of. This is about as good a bottle of under $40 white burgundy as you can get these days.  St. Romain is in the Cote de Beaune and most of its vineyards are in a side valley west of Auxey-Duresses. It's got no Grand Cru or 1er Cru vineyards which makes me think this is even more undervalued than almost any appellation in Burgundy. This wine easily drinks like very nice 1er Cru wine from a top village that is much more famous like Puligny or Chassagne. It is so clean but also has that amazing stony minerality and delicious melon fruit that makes St. Romain Blanc stand out. The 2013's have great acidity and some growers have compared them to the great 2010's. They are awesome for sure. I love this wine.  I think that this wine will eventually become Moret's St. Aubin (the wine from a previously unheralded village that makes him famous as St. Aubin did for PYCM).

I also have a tiny quantity of the 2013 David Moret Meursault Perrieres which can be had for as little as $97.99 a bottle on a 2 pack.  The wine is electric and I have fun in my head figuring out who the source is for this stunning wine. It is so elegant and fine yet has so much density and stony minerality. So layered and incredibly complex. The finish is endless and has the structure to age 20 years. I have very little but am selling this so the lucky few can taste and see the heights that Moret is achieving.

I have to order at least twice as much St. Romains as Meursaults to get my teeny allocation of the Meursault Perrieres.  As such, only orders of at least 2 St. Romains for each Meursault Perrieres will be guaranteed (e.g. 4 St. Romain and 2 Meursault).  If I have extra Meursault Perrieres when I finish the order, I will certainly sell them.

2013 David Moret St. Romain - $41.99 ($116.97 3-pack)

2013 David Moret Meursault 1er Cru "(Perrieres" - $104.99 

($195.98 2-pack) (VERY LIMITED)