Louis Claude Desvignes Morgon Javernieres aux Pierres 2024 750ml

The 2024 Morgon Aux Pierres Javernières comes from vines planted in 1931. This is very well defined on the nose with more red fruit than the regular Javernières laced with shucked oyster shells, a trait I really like. The palate is medium-bodied, very harmonious and elegant with a fine bead of acidity and a twist of sour cherry towards the finish. The tongue tingles long after the wine has departed. Excellent. (91-93)

100% Gamay. This wine is from a new parcel for Desvignes in the historic lieu-dit of Javernières, which lies at the foot of the famous hill of the Côte du Py and features much heavier and stickier soils of deep, iron-rich red clay. in the lieu-dit of Aux Pierres, the Desvignes family now has a 0.57-hectare parcel of 90-year-old vines on an east-facing slope of stony clay soils with schist, pyrite and decomposed volcanic rocks. It is in the process of being certified organic, in line with the rest of their estate farming. Vinification is consistent across all Desvignes wines. The hand-harvested whole clusters go through a semi-carbonic maceration in closed concrete vats, with a submerged-cap maceration of 10 days. A very small amount of sulfur (1-2 grams/hectoliter) is added after malo and at bottling. The Aux Pierres is aged for 10 months in 30-hectoliter concrete eggs and bottled with a light, non-sterile filtr100% Gamay. 2020 was the first vintage of this wine from a new parcel for Desvignes in the historic lieu-dit of Javernières, which lies at the foot of the famous hill of the Côte du Py and features much heavier and stickier soils of deep, iron-rich red clay. in the lieu-dit of Aux Pierres, the Desvignes family now has a 0.57-hectare parcel of 90-year-old vines on an east-facing slope of stony clay soils with schist, pyrite and decomposed volcanic rocks. It is in the process of being certified organic, in line with the rest of their estate farming. Vinification is consistent across all Desvignes wines. The hand-harvested whole clusters go through a semi-carbonic maceration in closed concrete vats, with a submerged-cap maceration of 10 days. A very small amount of sulfur (1-2 grams/hectoliter) is added after malo and at bottling. The Aux Pierres is aged for 10 months in 30-hectoliter concrete eggs and bottled with a light, non-sterile filtration. The Desvignes consider the wine to be a true vin de garde. ation. The Desvignes consider the wine to be a true vin de garde.