Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon `Côte du Py` 13% ABV Beaujolais

The Côte du Py is the most famed hill of Morgon. The slope is one of the few outcrops of schist and decomposed blue rock in Beaujolais. It produces wines of intense power and greater structure than most associate with this region. Jean-Marc Burgaud owns seven hectares on the Côte du Py slope which makes his family the largest owner of vines on this famous hill. The vines were planted in 1960 with a massal selection and are gobelet trained and planted at a high density to reduce the Gamay's natural vigour and increase concentration.

The Morgon 'Côte du Py' has intense aromas of fresh red cherry and plum fruit with hints of cracked pink peppercorn. On the palate, the flavours are rich and deeply concentrated, well-balanced with finely-tuned tannins and bright acidity, which lifts the slightly spicy finish.

The Côte du Py is the most famed hill of Morgon. The slope is one of the few outcrops of schist and decomposed blue rock in Beaujolais. It produces wines of intense power and greater structure than most associate with this region. Jean-Marc Burgaud owns seven hectares on the Côte du Py slope which makes his family the largest owner of vines on this famous hill. The vines were planted in 1960 with a massal selection and are gobelet trained and planted at a high density to reduce the Gamay's natural vigour and increase concentration.

Jean-Marc Burgaud has been dubbed ‘Monsieur Côte du Py’ by Bourgogne Aujourd’hui magazine, and for good reason. Jean-Marc’s eponymous Beaujolais estate boasts five hectares of vines at the summit of Morgon's famed ‘Côte du Py’ vineyard. These gobelet-trained vines were planted between 1940 and 1974, at a high density, using massal selection. “Gamay needs high density to reduce its natural vigour,” says Jean-Marc, whose obsession with quality means working exclusively with his own, estate-grown grapes. Coupled with what Jean-Marc calls ’la vraie vinification Beaujolaise’, this accounts for the quality and style of these striking wines. As such, Jean-Marc has been described by Neal Martin (Vinous.com) as “a master working in the Côte du Py who can occasionally evoke almost Pinot-like characteristics."