In Bond Fine Wine. 2023 Marcel Lapierre Morgon Roche Du Py Cuvee Camille, Morgon, Beaujolais. Red beaujolais in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 94/100 (DEC). Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
A pure, lifted Morgon from Lapierre’s old vines in Roche du Py, showing the domaine’s signature of finesse over extraction. Marcel Lapierre, and now his children Mathieu and Camille, are central figures in the modern identity of Morgon. Working organically since the 1980s and inspired by Jules Chauvet, the domaine helped define what we now call “natural Beaujolais”: meticulous vineyard work, minimal sulphur, and a focus on purity rather than extraction. Their holdings centre on Morgon’s Côte du Py and Roche du Py—granite-rich slopes that give Gamay both perfume and structure. The flagship wine is Morgon, celebrated for its silkiness and immediate drinkability, while Cuvée Camille offers a deeper, more ageworthy expression from older vines and a specific parcel. Lapierre’s style has evolved subtly over time: still joyful and fruit‑driven, but increasingly precise, with a clearer sense of…
Charles Curtis MW (CCM) — 94/100 · Decanter.com, 2024-05-23 · Drink 2024-2040
Ripe aromas of plum and blackberry scented with a saline mineral note and hints of black tea and spice lead into a pleasantly hefty texture with structure, density and length. Although the wine is immediately rewarding, it has the structure to age. The grapes come from one hectare in the Côte de Py climat in poor sandy soils over decomposed schist bedrock; they undergo semi-carbonic maceration fo…