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90
/ 100
Vinous
Red
Classification
Gamay
Variety
2013
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
France
Country
Burgundy, Beaujolais
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
90 / 100"Brilliant violet. Smoke- and spice-accented red and dark berries, along with subtle floral and herbal overtones. Juicy, focused and fruity, offering pliant black raspberry and cherry flavors that tighten up slowly on the back half. Delivers a solid punch but comes off lithe; very soft tannins sneak in late to add shape and gentle grip. This wine is drinking very nicely right now, especially after a bit of aeration."
- Vinous
Tasting Notes
Dominique Piron’s family history in Beaujolais spans more than four centuries, with his oldest known ancestor born in Morgon in 1590. Since then, there have been 14 generations of winegrowers in the family. Dominique seeks to create characterful terroir wines that are fruity, subtle and elegant from his sloping vineyards of fragmented granite and schist. These are wines that showed us what we’d long been looking for from Beaujolais but had almost given up hope of finding. They display extraordinary depth, freshness and verve, with real terroir-specific differences between the various crus. Morgon wines tend to be racy and elegant, and always have a slight hint of black cherry, bright spicy notes and great structure, which lends them great ageing potential.
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity
- Smooth
- Complex