Morgon Vielles Vignes 2019 Guy Breton
Guy Breton
Allen Meadows (burghound.com) on Guy Breton and his incedible wines:
"Guy Breton took over the family domaine from his grandfather in 1986. Until that point, the family was selling their fruit to the large cooperative wineries which dominated the region...Following the example of traditionalist Jules Chauvet, Guy and three other local vignerons, Marcel Lapierre, Jean-Paul Thévenet, and Jean Foillard, soon hoisted the flag of this back-to-nature movement. The importer Kermit Lynch dubbed this clan the Gang of Four, and the name has stuck ever since. The Gang called for a return to the old practices of viticulture and vinification: starting with old vines, never using synthetic herbicides or pesticides, harvesting late, rigorously sorting to remove all but the healthiest grapes, adding minimal doses of sulfur dioxide or none at all, and refusing both chaptalization and filtration. Breton's domaine is comprised of three hectares, eighty percent of which lies in the appellation of Morgon, around the village of Villié-Morgon. The vines range in age from 8 to 80 years, with the 80-year-old vines dedicated to the vieilles vignes cuvée." - Allen Meadows (Burghound)
The 2019 Morgon Vielles Vignes is top quality wine. Interestingly Josh Reynolds, a critic writing for Vinous.com has been following Beaujolais closely in recent years and he thinks the 2019 is a year that represents great opportunity as it was a superb vintage. He notes that the 2018 was often over-ripe in some places but he has found the Morgon wines to be exceptionally good in 2019. Guy Breton has managed to produce gamay wine at its absolute best.
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