2011 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py

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  8/3/2022 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  100% whole-bunch fruit from organically grown 50-yo vineyards located in the Côte du Py climat in Morgon. A week or two of carbonic maceration followed by a couple of weeks of spontaneous fermentation on the skins. Fermented and aged in concrete tanks, although in some years some barrel-aged wines can be blended in. Generally 2011 was regarded as a good, warm vintage in Beaujolais resulting in quite big but balanced wines showing great ripeness. Especially the wines from Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent were very successful. 13% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Slightly translucent and somewhat evolved ruby-red color with brick-red highlights. At first the nose feels rather weird, meaty and funky, but it comes together nicely with some air, starting to exhibit slightly reticent aromas of wizened dark fruits, some brambly raspberry tones, a little bit of cherry pits and a hint of farmyard funk. The wine feels moderately ripe yet dry, a bit tough and light-to-medium-bodied on the palate with flavors of crunchy cranberries and brambly raspberries, some tart lingonberries, light tertiary notes of wizened dark fruits, a little bit of old leather, a hint of gravelly minerality and a funky touch of something animale. The high acidity makes the mouth water while the firm and still quite assertively grippy tannins make your gums feel dry and gritty. The finish is quite long, fresh and acid-driven with moderate tannic grip and nuanced flavors of tart lingonberries, some crunchy cranberries, a little bit of sanguine iron, light evolved notes of wizened dark berries, a hint of gravelly minerality and a touch of leather.
  
  At first the wine was quite odd, even a bit skunky with some weird bottle funk, and not that enjoyable. However, all it needed was some breathing, because after awhile it had turned into a very classically built and even rather stern Morgon with good interplay of fresh berries and more evolved, wizened fruit flavors. The tannins were as tough and assertive as I remembered from my taste of this same wine in 2014, showing relatively little resolution in eight years. Good stuff and showing still some further aging potential. This is a great vintage and it is evolving in the right direction - one just needs to give the wine some proper aeration first!

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  6/16/2022 - Pverd wrote: 91 Points

  A lovely ethereal style of Morgon from Burgaud in this vintage. None of that meaty, slightly extracted, intense style you often find. Very red fruited, quite transparent both in colour and body on the palate. In some ways more a chambolle village style, than a Beaujolais, though that lovely gamay crispness on the finish draws you Morgon. A lovely, long and beautifully balanced top class Beaujolais

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  10/10/2019 - Dancing with bottles Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Red fruits, barrel notes, balanced, medium bodied with a long finish. Fine wine

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  10/3/2017 - Yassine23 Likes this wine:

  A little muted on the nose at first. Nice cherry aromas and flavors, though a little green. Nice none the less.

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  1/1/2017 - dmitchell4 wrote:

  Gerri New Years Party

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