Beaujolais is not only the “Beaujolais Nouveau”.  Even if it is the most famous ambassador of the Beaujolais region, there’s no reason to forget the other designations, because if the word “Beaujolais” is written with an “s”, it is because there are 12.

The generic Beaujolais: it is the most extent designation of which we can taste in November under the name “Beaujolais Nouveau”.

The “Beaujolais Villages”: shared out on 39 communes. They represent 25% of the total production of Beaujolais vineyards.

The Beaujolais vintages: the 10 vintages are the jewels of the Beaujolais production.

The Morgon vintage,

Historical

Family business for 3 generations, the grand father Michel Lapierre went to Villié-Morgon at the beginning of the century as a cellar master at the “Domaine des Chênes”.
After the Second World War, it is his son Camille who succeeded him. He was trying to develop the sale in barrels to Macon and Lyon.  At the end of the 50’s, he started to sell his production in bottles and extended the exploitation buying other lands.

a new philosphy

Between 1973 and 1980, the new wine-producing and culture techniques came to the “Domaine des Chênes”.  It is from 1981, under the impulse of Jules Chauvet, well-known researcher at the university of California, that Marcel decided to come back to soft culture methods ( organic, bio dynamic) and to non-interventionist wine-producing (no additional yeasts and wine-producing without SO2). 
Our ideal is to do a wine 100% grape juice.

The expression of the region

At a time dominated by the standardization of tastes, the aim of our process is authenticity. 
By combining technical progress with old methods, “Domaine des Chênes” team reachs to make the white juice black Gamay express the originality of the region, ground composed of rotten rock (decomposed granite). 
Heir of Villié-Morgon soil, the Morgon of our vineyard reveals dominating fragrances of cherry and liquorice, with a violet note for the “Côte du Py”.

The vineyard

Located in Villié-Morgon, the vines are 45 years old in average and are extended on 11 hectares with 1 on “Côte du Py”. 

- Cultivated with the “Organic” method, we are only undertaking (at the beginning of 2006) to do steps with certificating organizations.

- Furthermore, for 3 years, we are testing the bio dynamic on some lands of old vines.

- Since 2001, we are buying grapes on foot (hand harvest made by us) the harvesting of some good parcels of Morgon cultivated according to our ideal.