The finish is showing some tannin and again a faint vanillaĬlearly a colour change here. This is excellent¨Ī round nose, less easy to spot as gamay (I think) as there’s a creamy oak that is coating that fruit. A slowly growing tannin will remind you not to get too comfortable – yet. Rounder, a little cushioning here, fabulous texture – though. With some destemming, remontage, pigeage – only ‘jus de gout.’ Elevage in barrels none new – ‘white’ barrels from Meursault.Ī pretty, deep nose, just faintly matt as opposed to bright – but I really like e clarity of dark fruit at its base. Here is a more moderated bitter-olive note – more like dark chocolate – a mineral, wide but fresh mid-palate. Big in the mouth, floral with a suggestion of pyrazine. No destemming, elevage in foudres, like the last wine, on its fine lees.Ī wide, supple, if modest intensity nose – slowly filling glass and adding some floral notes. That same flavour in the finish with fine length though.īottled in July. A certain bitterness like black olive in the finish – which will integrate with a little more time. Direct, intense, growing concentration, a hint of spice too. A freshness of aroma – deep, clean fruit. Normally a lower acidity from this parcel yet it seems to age very well – it’s rather sumptuous after 10 years. ‘No single market dominates’ notes Michael. The sell all their production o a mix of direct and export accounts. The wines are aged in foudres and/or barrel. The domaine uses the same vendangeurs, and aims to make a ‘ great triage‘ in the vines – “that’s easier with 20 pickers than with 50! says Mickael. Large concrete tanks fill the cuverie, but they are only for vinification. The picture on domaine’s labels is Mickael’s great-grandfather who was a vigneron at Château Pierreux (Boisset), Mickael’s grandfather also worked at Pierreux but his father was one of 7 brothers, and not all 7 brothers could have stayed working for Pierreux, but two of Mickael’s uncles still do. Mickael arrived in 1989, adding one hectare of Morgon, then some rented Fleurie – so the domaine is now 11 hectares. Mickael’s father, Maurice, bought in 1980, he was from Regnie and a metayeur, but as a young vigneron he was able to buy here with the help of SAFER. Mickael has some new plantings, goblet, but trying to keep in-line as he finds that cordon is too productive – though keeping a ground cover limits it to an extent. Mickael’s house and domaine sit right in the hillside of the Côte du Py, surrounded by the vineyard’s blue stones that keep hold some of the day’s heat for the night-time. Tasted in Morgon with Mickael Gaget, 21 April 2016.
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