Albert Morot is a family-owned wine producer based in the central Burgundian town of Beaune, producing a number of local labels including several premier cru wines from Beaune itself and neighboring communes.
The domaine boasts eight hectares (20 acres) of vineyards, including plots in seven Premier Cru climats in Beaune. These include the flagship Les Bressandes vineyard as well as Les Teurons, Les Toussaints, Les Grèves, Les Cent Vignes, Les Aigrots and Les Marconnets.
Albert Morot also holds a monopole premier cru vineyard: La Bataillère. This is a 1.87 hectare (4.62 acre) portion of the Les Vergelesses vineyard in Savigny-lès-Beaune originally planted entirely to Pinot Noir although Morot planted 0.67 hectares (1.65 acres) of Chardonnay here in 2013.
The estate also produces a Pommard village-level wine from a small holding in the La Rue au Port climat east of the village.
The Albert Morot estate was originally established as a négociant business in 1820 by the eponymous Albert Morot. The company bought its first vines in the 1880s, and built its headquarters, the Château de Creusotte, in 1898.
After several decades of difficult times – especially post World War Two, when the family had to sell a couple of hectares of vineyard land to stay afloat – Morot's great-granddaughter Françoise Choppin inherited the estate in 1984.
Choppin closed down the family négociant operation, instead turning all focus to the estate-owned vineyard parcels. In 2000, Geoffroy Choppin de Janvry assumed the management of the domaine.
On average, Albert Morot's vines are 45 years old. The vineyards are farmed using organic viticultural practices and yields are kept low.
Grapes are hand-harvested and destemmed prior to vinification. The wines are aged in 50 percent new oak barriques for 18 months prior to being bottled without filtration.
Pinot Noir forms the major basis of Albert Morot's wine range, but it does produce two Chardonnay labels – the premier cru Les Aigrots and the white Savigny-lès-Beaune Premier Cru La Bataille. The estate also produces a Fine de Bourgogne and a Marc de Bourgogne.
