2022 Marcel Lapierre Morgon AOC Cuvee Vieilles Vignes

Sommeliers in North America informally recognize this producer as the pack leader of the ‘Gang of Four’ discerning Beaujolais producers who strive to produce gamay, as naturally as possible. Recently completing 115 glorious years of producing the varietal. Brother-Sister duo Mathieu and Camille inherited the estate from their father, the pioneer for natural wine, Marcel. Today, they hand-harvest organically grown vines and conduct fermentation sans intervention. There are no additives, filtration, fining and often there is no sulphur dioxide either. The estate covers around 18 hectares, in the Morgon appellation as well as a few other plots in the Beaujolais. Any bottle of Marcel Lapierre is a well structured and juicy red wine, a perfect and high quality exemplar for the region. Their Cuvée Vieilles Vignes is a special one with grapes sourced from more than one hundred year old vines in the fabled Côte du Py