MORGON
2022 Côte de Py Domaine Rochette
Grapes | Gamay |
Colour | Red |
Origin | France, Beaujolais |
Sub-district | Beaujolais Villages |
Village | Morgon |
ABV | 13% |
The 2022 Morgon Côte du Py comes from vines that are at least 60 years old. It has a superb nose with mineral-driven, very pure red fruit that conveys a sense of energy. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, very fresh and tensile, linear and poised to the extent that you almost don't discern the structure. This should age in style. It’s an impressive and quite delicious Côte du Py that comes highly recommended. Drinking range: 2025 - 2036 Rating: 93 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Apr 2024)
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*Case price discount: Mix any 12 bottles of wine (or 9 litre equivalent) or 6 bottles of Champagne, Spirits, Sweet Wine or Fortified (4.5 litres) to get the discounted 'case price' for each bottle.
The Py is a fairly large hill, but with a modest height with a basement of blue rock. It is the center of the AOC Morgon. Aromas of cherries and blackberries. Tannic, rich wine with good aging potential.Winemaker's notes (Jan 2024)
Domaine Rochette
The Rochette family estate was new to us at the end of 2009, and a very happy discovery indeed. The Beaujolais Villages and Régnié come from 50 year-old vines on stony-sandy soils on a granite bedrock,. The Rochettes work with a very traditional but also clearly very rigorous approach to the viticulture, and, as usual in Beaujolais, where the 'gobelet' training of the vines make them impossible to work by machine, they hand-pick and make a severe selection in the vineyard. Vinification is traditional, in cuve, to make wines which accentuate fruit purity.
The wines have a real identity of their own - as Matthieu says 'it is the terroir that gives us the distinction to the wines - we do not interfere in the cellar - and they all come from the same grape' - Gamay. When tasting the line up in the cellars with the family this incredible distinction could not have been more clear - from the bouncy Beaujolais Villages through the Régniés and on to the Morgon distinct personalities are dramatically different - fascinating. Very sadly Joël died in 2015 - but Matthieu is continuing his father's great work without missing a beat ably supported by his wonderful mother, Chantal. These wines simply sing. Charming and real - a great bargain from these beautiful rolling hills.
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