2024 Jean-Paul & Charly Thevenet, Morgon Vieilles Vignes

We love Morgon as they tend to be the most balanced of the Crus in Beaujolais. Thevenet is counted as of the Kermit Lynch Gang of Four (also includes Foillard, Lapierre, Guy Breton) that make wine naturally and farm organically. Jean-Paul Thevenet is the third generation to work his family’s farm in Morgon. He has spent the last 40 years tailoring his work in the vineyard and the winery to accomplish the task of making the very best Morgon he can. He makes only one wine, in an average year producing 2000 cases from 5 hectares of vines that are 45 to 110 years old. Like the other members of the gang, he works naturally in the vineyard employing biodynamic methods and utilizes only native yeast in the winery.  The palate is lifted and driven more by acidity and minerality than tannin with a long finish.