Marcel Lapierre, Morgon Cuvee N, 2012 continue selling oos structured wines that needed decades

structured wines that needed decades to come around

and the great classical vintage gave him exactly the raw material his traditional house style is built for: long macerations

This Montagny ferments with indigenous yeasts in temperature-controlled steel

Oger from his mother — so this cuvee is a kind of family portrait in a glass

Estate-bottled since 1996

Marcel Lapierre, Morgon Cuvee N, 2012 continue selling oos structured wines that needed decadesThe purest expression of natural wine philosophy from a man who helped invent it: Cuvee N is Marcel Lapierre's zero sulfur Morgon, bottled with no added sulfur whatsoever. Lapierre was a cornerstone of Beaujolais' Gang of Four, the producers Kermit Lynch championed for making living, additive free Gamay from old vines and patient, semi carbonic fermentation. The 'N' cuvee is for the believers, the most uncompromising version of the estate's wine. This