Morgon Les Charmes 2023

Description

100% Gamay. We've only ever featured a Beaujolais cru in our Best In Show selection once (a 2020 Fleurie), so this year's double appearance (in a year when no red from further north in Burgundy came through the judging rounds) marks a step forward for this ever-more-significant wine region. When Morgon is on song, there is no Beaujolais cru that can match it for exuberance and seductiveness of perfume - and this dark purple-black wine is a splendid example of that astonishing charm. Cherries and plums cascade from the glass. On the palate, it's no less exuberant: packed with tongue-coating fruit, and with its acidity in turn dripping with fruit sweetness and perfumed flesh. There are light, graceful tannins but nothing else to break the fresh-fruit spell - it's a very pure wine, aged entirely in concrete, and bottled without any reduction, false or specious notes. Gorgeous drinking. Best in Show. (Decanter World Wine Awards,2024)

Tags

Gamay Noir, Red Wine, Wine