Terres Dorées - Morgon Côte du Py "JAVERNIERES" 2018

William Kelley from Wine Advocate (R. Parker): 93 pnt

The 2017 Morgon Côte du Py Javernières is showing very well with another year in bottle, revealing a youthful but expressive bouquet of ripe cherries, plums, warm spices, licorice and dark chocolate. On the palate, it's full-bodied, rich and layered, with ripe acids, an ample chassis of fine but firm tannins, and a long finish.

The 2018 vintage is Jean-Paul Brun's 40th, and he can look back with some much deserved satisfaction on a career that has done so much to validate the potential for quality in the southern Beaujolais, as well as a portfolio of wines that exemplify like few others that a more "Burgundian" approach to vinification can be made to work well with the Gamay grape. Destemmed fruit and macerations lasting as much as four weeks, followed by élevage in used barrels, are the order of the day here, and Brun's excellent 2018 portfolio includes several terrific cuvées that Beaujolais lovers will not want to miss. Everything reviewed here comes warmly recommended.