2023 Louis-Claude Desvignes Morgon Cote du Py Javenières

A rare 5-star Jasper Morris rated Beaujolais

'Louis-Benoît and Claude-Emmanuelle Desvignes, in succession to their father Louis-Claude Desvignes, are making some of the very best wines in the Beaujolais' – Jasper Morris MW, Inside Burgundy

The Beaujolais village of Morgon is overlooked by the old volcanic cone of the Côte de Py. It is here, in the blue schist soils of this extinct volcano, that Desvignes have their best vines. This family has been making wine for eight generations, and Louis-Claude Desvignes is among the most lauded estates in Beaujolais. Very much in the idiom the family has always worked in, siblings Claude-Emmanuelle and Louis-Benoît make concentrated wines with a reputation for graceful longevity.

Everything is about the quality of the fruit, and the old vine sites it comes from. Only pristine fruit 'we would want to eat' survives their aggressive selection process. They destem some but not all of the fruit. In the winery, they don't use any wood at all, and raise their wines in a mix of concrete eggs and cement tanks.

Supreme Burgundy critic Jasper Morris is a fan, and has given their 2023 Morgon Cote du Py Javenières a rare 5-star review on his website insideburgundy.com. The Javenières is sourced from a mix of north- and south-facing sites, for a nice balance of freshness and ripeness. 2023 was a fabulous vintage: 'Flowering was magnificent, so we had a lot of bunches,' notes Louis-Benoît. A hot summer did not unduly mark the wine, which is 'a very good surprise in terms of balance.' /NT

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