Palate
The wine has great density, deep with well-marked structure, carried by black berry notes with a balance that is practically saline. This new vineyard has produced a highly typical Desvignes style wine.
Vinification
Following the hand harvest, the fruit was 50% de-stemmed and fermented quite warm at 25-35 degrees Celsius in cement tanks for a week to 10 days, with some carbonic maceration. Following the malo-lactic fermentation the wine is racked and left in tank on fine lees for around 10 months prior to bottling.
Cellaring Potential
Made for cellaring.
Range Notes
The Morgon appellation was created on September 11th, 1936 and covers 1100 hectares, managed by 250 vignerons. Of all the Beaujolais Crus, Morgon displays perhaps the best ageing potential, whilst still representing good drinkability when young. The Cru is divided into 6 Climats which all face south to south east, and are from east to west: Grand Cras, Les Charmes, Cote du Py, Corcelette, Les Micouds and Douby.
Vintage Notes
Vintage 2022 was overall much happier than 2022 in Beaujolais, as in Burgundy and Chablis, with healthier yields. April 2022 was sunny and dry, but cool with bud-break five days later than the average. However, May was record-breaking with persistent heat resulting in an early start to flowering. June was even more extreme with high temperatures and persistent storms, with hail causing some losses. July and August remained hot and dry, resulting in optimum berry health. The harvest, the second earliest this century after 2003, was carried out in favourable conditions and the resultant wines show remarkable balance with fine tannins over concentrated and flavoursome fruit.
Region Notes
The Javerniers Morgon is sourced from a vineyard on the southern base of the hills in Cote du Py, where the soils are a little richer in clay and iron oxide, producing more tannic wines, but wines of great harmony, silky texture and with great ageing potential.
