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[label]Lapierre 2007 Morgon (Beaujolais) – Light, with the texture of flake-depth foil, as if the fruit has been pressed and stretched into the most delicate leaves of nearly-transparent fruit. The wine is, in the context of its ancestors, so light that it’s not easy to discern its Morgon-ness (though the quality of the fruit is darker than most other Beaujolais of similar weight, and there’s the faintest iron-like soil component that meets one’s expectations). Drinking this wine is a little like holding one’s breath, knowing that the slightest sound will disturb something that’s important to hear. (8/09)

Lapierre 2007 Morgon (Beaujolais) – More soil and (absent the heat) dusted peppercorn than has been typical for this wine, the result of a slight diminishment of the delicate. I don’t mean to suggest an absence of fruit, but a very slight change in the balance is all that’s necessary for this wine to shift position. (8/09)


3 Comments

  • Jack Everitt

    December 15, 2009

    I just had a bottle of the 2003 of this that was very, very nice. (How's that for a highly technical review!)

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  • thor iverson

    December 15, 2009

    A little too detailed for my taste. ;-)

    I have a few from the early 2000s still hanging around. They're probably ready.

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  • bathmate

    December 19, 2009

    I liked it.
    Bathmate

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