Domaine Marcel Lapierre Morgon "Vieilles Vignes" red 2022 JEROBOAM

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Domaine Marcel Lapierre Morgon "Vieilles Vignes" 2022 JEROBOAM

Guide RVF des Meilleurs Vins de France 2025 (August 2024): 91/100. The 2022s are ripe, expressive, and precise, a great success for the domaine! The Morgon Vieilles Vignes follows in the lineage of previous vintages, in an airy style, rounded by silky tannins.

La Revue du Vin de France (Oct. 2023): 91/100. "This iconic cuvée from the domaine continues its journey, respecting the classic codes of Morgon, with its intense black fruit, crisp structure, and delicious finish. Not overwhelmed by the power of the vintage, this gamay charms with its balance."

Technical sheet written by the domaine:

All our vines are located on the terroir of Morgon. It is undoubtedly one of the most famous crus of Beaujolais! Typically, Morgon presents four dominant aromas: cherry, violet, raspberry, and a very slight hint of licorice… Combining lightness and richness, our Morgon has an average aging potential of about ten years.

Grape variety: Gamay noir à jus blanc

Average age of the vines: 70 years

Surface: 15 Hectares

Soil: Acidic and poor granitic arena

Culture: Vines certified organic

Harvest: Manual. Carefully sorted, sometimes in two passes.

Winemaking: Traditional semi-carbonic maceration, without SO2 or added yeast, from 10 to 21 days.

Aging: In 216-liter barrels, for about 9 months.
Then bottled unfiltered but very lightly sulfited to protect the wine against temperature variations.

Aromatic type: MORGON generally has three dominant aromas: Cherry, licorice, and violet. In our vineyard, it is usually the aromas of cherry and licorice that dominate.

WARNING: the capsule of this bottle is made of food-grade wax. To open it under the best conditions, push your corkscrew directly through the wax, and once it is well into the cork, pull sharply (without using the lever if you have a waiter’s friend), in short, "the old-fashioned way." This is my best way to avoid "crumbs" in the bottle!