Dominique Piron’s family history in Beaujolais spans more than four centuries, with his oldest known ancestor born in Morgon in 1590. Since then, there have been 14 generations of winegrowers in the family. Dominique seeks to create characterful terroir wines that are fruity, subtle and elegant from his sloping vineyards of fragmented granite and schist. These are wines that showed us what we’d long been looking for from Beaujolais but had almost given up hope of finding. 

A juicy wine, this has layers of acidity that need to soften into the fruit and structure. This will happen over the next few months, giving a balanced wine that is fresh and textured. Drink to: 2024; Price: $US 28.00; Date Tasted: January 2023; Alcohol: 13%; Rating: 90 Points; Roger Voss; Wine Enthusiast Magazine