Sylvain Morey’s career path is a far cry from that of a typical Burgundian vigneron. As a boy, he worked among the vines with his larger-than-life father Jean-Marc and his grandfather Albert—two dyed-in-the-wool old-schoolers with whom we at Rosenthal partnered joyously for many years. In the early 2000s, however, Sylvain and his ex-wife—then in their mid-20s—retreated from Chassagne-Montrachet to the Luberon, setting up a winery and purchasing vineyards in this stunning border region between northern Provence and the southern Rhône. While Sylvain brought a Burgundian’s meticulous eye and rigorous methodology to a place known more for bulk wine, he never tried to dominate the terroir, but instead focused on unpeeling it and unlocking its potential, and his efforts since the mid-2000s there constitute a compelling and deeply personal body of work, easily on par with other southern-French visionaries like Oliver Jullien and Domaine de l’Horizon.
