Morgon Cote du Py, 2024

Gamay with real grip and depth: 65-year-old vines on Morgon's blue volcanic rock, made by Mee Godard to age rather than to rush.

Côte du Py is one of Morgon's named hillsides, its soil the blue stone locals call roches bleues, a mix of schist and volcanic rock. Mee Godard farms about 1.7 hectares here, vines around 65 years old across three plots, each fermented separately over two to three weeks in concrete, then aged eleven months in large old casks. She likes tannin and makes wines to keep, and her Côte du Py is the concentrated one: fresh and vivid, with more structure than Gamay usually shows.