2018 Jean-Marc Burgaud Morgon Côte du Py

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  4/18/2024 - mysterycooper Likes this wine:

  Popped just ten minutes ago, and its nose has that slightly funky fresh sweat thing, almost musky, in a good way.
  
  Lovely concentration, almost juicy fruited, but balanced nicely with a mineral acidity & savoury/bitter nuttiness at the back (stalky?). Very fine powdery tannin dries the finish. Definitely some spice in there too. I'll still have some of this around tomorrow night, so I'll add anything significant if it offers up anything much different.
  
  A good Cote du Py.
  
  Edit: Only thing to add is that this bottle produced the largest amount of and lump of residue I've ever seen in a bottle of wine. Like a shrivelled piece of leaf mulch about an inch across (l used a tea strainer). Perhaps this speaks of this wine's dry extract, texture and density?

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  3/16/2024 - al80813@gmail.com Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Popped and poured. 100% Gamay from Côte du Py in Morgon. 50 year old vines, whole bunch maceration in concrete and stainless steel vats. Spends some time in stainless steel after. Lightly fined/filtered.
  
  Drank half on day one over ~3 hours, pouring half into a decanter and letting the other half breathe in bottle before enjoying the next day.
  
  Day 1: Pours a deep ruby in the glass, pretty translucent at the edges. Looks like a ripe pomegranate aril. Nose is quite perfumed, with a bouquet of dark flowers meshed with beautiful ripe red fruit. Tiny bit of wet dirt. Only getting more complex with air, now taking on a peppery, savory note. On the palate it’s delivering on those beautiful red fruit notes, tart cherry, raspberry, and cranberry with a sweet tobacco finish, some soft spices (maybe clove or anise?). Beautiful complexity between the fruit, spice and earthy herb notes. With air it seems to be refining towards the ripe raspberry/cranberry. Tannins are fine grained and very well-integrated at this point. Medium body and medium plus acidity to my palate. Finish is longer than I expected.
  
  On day 2 it looks the same, but the nose has clearly moved towards the bright red fruits I got on the palate. Beautifully clear red fruit on the palate, earthiness is a but more pronounced especially on the finish. Now picking up some more pronounced notes of savory herbs. Going to sip on this for the rest of the afternoon/evening.
  
  This paired nicely with Cuban picadillo and rice. It’s a shining example of Gamay. This is delicious and certainly ready to drink. Complex and delicious with a beautiful combination of fruits, body, earth, and acidity. We’ve come a long way from the “evil and disloyal Gaamez” with “great and horrible harshness” as Philippe the Bold, Duke of Burgundy said of Gamay in the 14th century.

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  2/6/2024 - andrei trolldeig wrote: 90 Points

  Voluptuous stuff, still transparent in a lush sense. Like a east bank Bordeaux, but a bit short day one. Eucalyptus and dark ripe generous cherries.
  Day two still showing of lenghtening out.
  The volcanic Cote du Py is nowherre to be seen, but give it up and enjoy it with junkfood and good company when the weekend comes around.
  If you have the patience, it finishes of more complex with leather more developong spices emerging from the eucalyptus

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  12/5/2023 - alanr wrote: 90 Points

  Quite dark garnet color, nose is a bit reticent, showing some dark crushed fruit, a touch of smokiness; the first couple of 18 beaujolais I’ve had were about as expected: a bit larger framed, somewhat burly, some notably ripe. This bottle is showing some very nice promise, with fairly rich but calm fruit, lovely intensity and some nice flavor complexity. Burgaud, as always, is a darker, more intense bojo, definitely at one end of the spectrum. I’ve called this a rhone drinker’s beaujolais. Overall, nicely balanced, juicy, lush, tasty, and a fine outcome in the warm 2018 vintage.

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  5/22/2023 - RGCM Gananda Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Prior bottle was just over 13 months ago and my notes were quite similar. Black cherry, a touch of red cherry and earthy qualities on the nose. Medium bodied with a virtually identical fruit profile of mixed (rounded and brighter) black cherry, backed with red cherry and showing tart red cherry, spices earth and minerals through the back and finish. As with my prior bottle what has continued to evolve positively is the overall balance between fruit and structure and integration in general. The acidity, tart notes and spice notes all felt more integrated with the fruit notes such that the fruit seemed slightly more expressive and open, while retaining enough structure to feel supported. Expect that this trend should continue and this bottle should show well over the next three years.

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