2020 | M. Lapierre | Morgon

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Red Wine: 2020 | M. Lapierre | Morgon

Once again, the Morgon from Domaine Marcel Lapierre will amaze you. Its ruby red color sets the tone: a jewel is in the glass. On the palate, we savor its fleshy structure, its silky tannins and the typical aromas of the vintage (morello cherry, currant, violet). The long finish leaves a pleasant hint of bitterness. A success!

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Producer: M. Lapierre

Ratings: WA | 91 JS | 94

Vintage: 2020

Size: 750ml

ABV: 12.5%

Varietal: Gamay

Country/Region: France, Burgundy

Once again, the Morgon from Domaine Marcel Lapierre will amaze you. Its ruby red color sets the tone: a jewel is in the glass. On the palate, we savor its fleshy structure, its silky tannins and the typical aromas of the vintage (morello cherry, currant, violet). The long finish leaves a pleasant hint of bitterness. A success!

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Lapierre’s 2020 Morgon offers up aromas of plummy fruit and raspberries mingled with hints of petals and spices. Medium-bodied, satiny and enveloping, its succulent core of fruit is framed by melting tannins and mouthwatering acids. This thirst-quenching, fruit-driven Morgon is one of the purest, most precise young wines I’ve tasted from this address in recent years.

• James Suckling: Still has a whiff of youthful funk (from reduction), but after a couple of swirls of the glass this blossoms, becoming fragrant and expressive. The fine-grained tannins and mineral acidity give this a wonderful texture on the palate thats not quite like anything else in Beaujolais. Very long, silky finish. From organically grown grapes. Unfiltered.

Producer Information

In the northern hills of Beaujolais lies the pastoral Villie-Morgan, one of the ten cru villages permitted to print its name on the bottle, and also considered home of one of the best wines in Beaujolais. An hour from Lyon, the second largest city in France, Villie-Morgan is a century away in atmosphere. It is also home to a group of groundbreaking and sometimes controversial winemakers know in the US as the Gang of Four.
This group, informally spearheaded by Marcel Lapierre, strives to make wines as naturally as possible, in the vineyard and in the winery. Lapierre’s vines average 40 years of age, and his grapes are always picked at the latest possible moment in order to obtain the ripest possible fruit. No pesticides or chemicals are used in the vineyards and no sulfur or yeast is added during fermentation. The resulting wines are pure and fruity, not overly alcoholic, and always a pleasure to drink.