Biodynamic. This Chardonnay comes from 35 year old vines planted on Trouillot Marl terroir. Hand harvested, destemmed, and pressed directly to tank. Native yeast fermentation and malolactic fermentation start in tank and wine is then transferred to neutral 600 liter barrels to complete fermentation. Bottled unfiltered with no sulfur added.

Biodynamic. 35+ year old vines planted on the Triassic marl soil of Trouillots. Manual harvest, Destemmed but kept whole berry with 15 day maceration (no punchdowns) under a blanket of CO2 to avoid using sulfur. Spontaneous semi carbonic fermentation and malolactic in stainless steel then racked onto fine lees and aged in stainless steel tanks. Unfiltered. SO2: 1 g /hl at bottling.

Biodynamic. 35+ year old vines planted on the Triassic marl soil of Trouillots. Manual harvest, Destemmed but kept whole berry with 12 day maceration (no punchdowns) under a blanket of CO2 to avoid using sulfur. Spontaneous semi carbonic fermentation and malolactic in stainless steel then racked onto fine lees and aged in stainless steel tanks. Unfiltered. SO2: 1 g /hl at bottling.

Organic. Single-vineyard topped-up style of Savagnin; 1.6ha of vines planted in 1980s by Valentin’s father on limestone soils at 350m. Direct press and fermented in stainless steel; aged two years in neutral demi-muids.

Biodynamic. The Les Trouillots parcel was planted in 1980 on Triassic marl soils (Gray marl, limestone syphrates). 350 m altitude with south exposition. Manual harvest, Destemmed but kept whole berry with 15 day maceration (no punchdowns) under a blanket of CO2 to avoid using sulfur. Spontaneous semi carbonic fermentation and malolactic in stainless steel then racked onto fine lees and aged in stainless steel tanks. Unfiltered with no SO added at bottling.

Biodynamic. 100% Poulsard vinified as a white wine. Old vines on the Triassic marl soils at 350 meters above the sea level. Manual harvest, direct press into steel for fermentation, and rest/age in stainless steel tanks. The wine is slightly rose in color and aromatic that Valentin compares to the perfumes of Gewürztraminer. No SO2 added at bottling.

Biodynamic. 100% Savagnin (1/3 Savagnin Rose, 2/3 Savagnin Jaune). Sourced from the parcel, Bois d’Arnaux, Valentine planted in 2015. 1.8 ha (including 60 ares Savagin) on Jurassic marl soils at 350 meters above sea level. This 2018 harvest was the first harvest of this parcel. Manuel harvest. 6 weeks maceration in whole clusters, then aged two years in demi-muids of 220, 500, and 600L. Assembled in tank before bottling in July 2020. Unfiltered. 700 cases made.

Biodynamic. A cuvée of specially-selected hybrid varieties that Valentin co-planted as one .2ha parcel in 2017 (including Plantet Rouge, Seyve-Villard, Rayon d’Or, Souvignier Gris, and Sauvignac.) Destemmed, macerated three days, fermented in stainless. Wild stuff. The cuvée name is taken from a French rapper named La Canaille and translates to ‘hands in the mud but not a knee on the ground.’ It’s a wine of resistance.

Biodynamic. A cuvée made with Chardonnay from the 2020 harvest; fermented again with the pomace of various PiWi varieties harvested in 2021 (Plantet Rouge, Seyve-Villard, Sauvignac, among others). Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in stainless steel tanks. The wine was aged in 228L barrels for roughly eight months. Bottled in September 2022 unfiltered, with no added SO2.

Organic. 100% Chardonnay, drawn from a parcel of 40 year-old vines planted on Jurassic-era limestone scree. The juice underwent fermentation and aging in wooden barrels for 12 months; the resulting wine was bottled in early september of 2020 — during harvest — with some of that year’s musts. Second fermentation, prise de mousse, with indigenous yeasts. Aging on the fine lees in bottles for almost three years. The wines were disgorged in August of 2023 at a ‘Brut’ level of sweetness with 10 g/L of natural residual sugar; no dosage involved.

Biodynamic. A blend of Chardonnay drawn from Morel’s Saint-Savin vineyard, planted on a mix of stony limestone scree and marl, as well as Savagnin from Morel’s ‘En Boix d’Arnaux’ vineyard, on marl soils. Both varieties direct-pressed, with co-fermentation in old barrels of various sizes up to 600L. Topped-up and aged for three years in the same vessels, zero added SO2. In 2021, in the wake of multiple hardships that afflicted the winemaking world, Valentin was reflecting on the various absurdities and ultimately failings of current winemaking practices and craft. Accompanying his thoughts was the music of Batlik, specifically his latest album at the time, L’Art de la défaite, which translates to “the art of defeat”. In 2024, Batlik retired from making music, and Valentin decided to dedicate a wine to him. A wine from 2021 was the obvious choice, given the agricultural havoc of that year and the memory of collective defeat. A unique wine among those produced by Morel in the last five or so years.

Biodynamic. 100% Chardonnay. Blend of all his main parcels due to the devasting frost of 2017; Champ d’Aubert, Les Trouillots and Saint Savin. Manual harvest, and direct press. Spontaneous fermentation in 500L and 600L barrels, and 2018 Savagnin grape skins was added the following year to further encourage fermentation (the wine was very concentrated and had difficulties fermenting). Aging in barrel for the first year, followed in steel tank for the next two years. Bottled end of August 2020. Unfiltered. 500 cases. The frost in the Jura region in 2017 took place in “week 16”.