Domaine de Bel-Air – Morgon Vieilles Vignes “Grand Charme” 2020

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Domaine de Bel-Air, owned and operated by Jean-Marc Lafont is producing Beaujolais wines of great finesse. It is indeed Jean-Marc’s exemplary work in his very well-located vineyards that is the key to these magnificent wines. The Morgon “Les Charmes” is from a vineyard that is south-facing and planted on complex iron oxide, schist and manganese. The vines are on average 80 years old providing a lot of complexity to this wine that is further distinguished with its oak barrel ageing for 12 months.

This particular terroir gives aromas of black fruits (blueberries, blackcurrants) with lovely vanilla notes. This well-balanced wine is full, gourmand, powerful and elegant, with lovely spicy notes. Drink now or cellar for 5 years. 100% Gamay.

Technical notes

At Domaine de Bel-Air, from harvest to the bottling, the process is gentle and simple. All the grapes are harvested by hand with a first selection made in the vineyard. Any damaged or unripe grapes are discarded and the remainder are taken to the winery. The grapes are then sorted a second time on a sorting table to further eliminate damaged berries and grapes that are not ripe enough. Finally, these select grapes as well as some destemmed grapes go into an open vat to undergo alcoholic fermentation.

When the process is finished, the remaining grapes are pressed in a pneumatic press and the wine is matured in a stainless steel vat as well as French oak barrels for eight months before assembling and bottling.

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