
"The 2015 Beaujolais, which undergoes a semi-carbonic maceration, has a lively red cherry and iodine-scented bouquet that is paradigmatic of this vintage. The palate is well balanced with succulent fleshy and smooth red cherry and strawberry fruit. This shows more class than the Morgan Vieilles Vignes, with superb delineation and precision on the finish. Just a joy."~Neil Martin
Vinous Media 90
"Brilliant red. Extremely fresh and primary, displaying vibrant red currant and strawberry scents and ... read more
"The 2015 Beaujolais, which undergoes a semi-carbonic maceration, has a lively red cherry and iodine-scented bouquet that is paradigmatic of this vintage. The palate is well balanced with succulent fleshy and smooth red cherry and strawberry fruit. This shows more class than the Morgan Vieilles Vignes, with superb delineation and precision on the finish. Just a joy."~Neil Martin
Vinous Media 90
"Brilliant red. Extremely fresh and primary, displaying vibrant red currant and strawberry scents and flavors and a hint of candied flowers. Tangy and sharply focused, showing very good clarity and a spicy nuance that adds back-end lift and cut. Sweeter on the clinging finish, which features juicy raspberry and cherry qualities. I find this wine insanely easy to drink, and it's a very serious example of "basic" Beaujolais."~Josh Raynolds
The Morgon appellation is characterized by soils of decomposed granite and crumbly schist referred to regionally as "rotten rock". Many of Guignier's vines are up to 70 years old, all are tended by hand with yields kept to a minimum. Guignier feels that when grapes arrive at the cellar at full physiological ripeness then you have everything you have to make a top wine. As such, grapes are picked entirely by hand and rigorous sorting is done both in the vineyard and in the cellar before the grapes go into cement vats for vinification.
Guignier follows a traditional vinification "à la Beaujolaise" with no de-stemming and with only indigenous yeasts used for the fermentation. The wines are macerated for 6-7 days for the Beaujolais and up to 14-15 days for his top Morgons. Guignier uses a vertical wooden press that slowly and gently presses the grapes. After pressing, most of his wines are returned to cement to finish their alcoholic and malolactic fermentations. His top cuvée, the Morgon "Bio-Vitis", however, is raised in neutral burgundy barrels. The élévage is between 5 and 15 months depending on the terroir and the quality of the vintage. Vintages with more tender, forward fruit are bottled a bit earlier, while the more structured years receive a longer time in vat or wood before bottling. Guinier uses minimal doses of S02, though he prefers to add it after the malolactic rather that at bottling as he feels it integrates better into the wine. He also makes several cuvées for the French market that are made entirely without sulphur at all.
Guignier's wines display that transparent, ethereal, soil-driven quality that makes naturally-made, top Beaujolais so unique and joyful to drink. Among them are a fresh and charming Beaujolais AOC made from 50 year old vines, a rich and well structured Morgon Vieilles Vignes from 60-70 year old vines, and the complex and seductive Morgon Bio-Vitis made exclusively from fruit from La Roche Pilée, a south facing vineyard of pure, decomposed rock located at the base of the Cote de Py.
Michel Guignier is clearly a rising star who will soon join the ranks of the many luminaries in the village of Morgon."

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