Marcel Lapierre Morgon Beaujolais 2020 AUSTRALIA French oak barrel aging

French oak barrel aging

This selection from different parcels in the Latour-Martillac vineyard is released when the chateau believes it is ready to drink

• Aged in French oak barrels

We purchase a bit more than one barrel per annum and put a small amount of this very great wine in magnum to honor its exceptional quality

Merlot’s defining place and where Marie happened to grow up

Marcel Lapierre Morgon Beaujolais 2020 AUSTRALIA French oak barrel agingThis structured and lovely Morgon is a benchmark wine for the region; cherries, concord grape and plums abound along with a firm structure, licorice, mineral and taut acidity. Little would we know that when Marcel Lapierre took over the family domaine from his father in 1973, he was on the road to becoming a legend. In 1981, his path would be forever changed by Jules Chauvet, a man whom many now call his spiritual godfather. Chauvet was a winemaker, a