Beaujolais-Lantignié is an interesting and undervalued appellation in Beaujolais, partly lying on blue-stone soils as in the Cote de Brouilly, and part on granit sands and rose-colored granit as in Chiroubles. The Burgaud "Vignes de Lantigné" comes from old vines...

The 2023 Morgon "Grand Cras" is from very old vines on a southwest facing plateau at about 250 meters, having a thick layer of alluvial soils over the eroded granit and schist. This shows gorgeously complex and ripe fruits over...

The sandy pink-granite soils of the lieu-dit "Corcelette" give a slightly lighter and more vibrant wine than from the Cote de Py. (Think of the beautiful example from Foillard). The 2023 is velvety and fresh with a melange of gorgeous...

"Javernières" is a beautiful parcel on the south-east corner of the Cote de Py, where the thicker topsoil with more clay and iron oxide gives a more generous wine. The 2023 from Burgaud is powerful and dense, but with a...

The 2023 Regnié from Geroges Descombes is a finely balanced wine, even in this warmer vintage, Ripe and generous fruit is offset with lively acidity and a vivid intensity on the palate that keeps this wine lifted and fresh. On...

Georges Descombes makes a tiny quantity of Brouilly Vieilles Vignes - in some years we get none, in 2022 we have about 24 bottles to sell. The wine shows a deep red/black color, with aromas of ripe blackberry and strawberry...

(Thanks to the importer for a new low price!) Claude-Emannuelle and Louis-Benoit are the seventh generation of winemakers at Desvignes and the domain was one of the first in Morgon to "estate-bottle" beginning in 1955. "The spirit of our vinification...

2020 was the first vintage from this new parcel in the historic lieu-dit of Javernières at the foot of the famous Côte du Py hill. "Aux Pierres" comes from this 0.57-hectare plot of 90-year-old vines on a steep, east-facing slope....