Domaine Mee Godard Morgon Cote du Py 2023

80 year old vines planted in the most desirable "Roches Bleues" soils—ancient decomposed schist, full of iron oxide and manganese—impart a distinct graphite minerality. It's blended from three climats named Chaponne, Côte du Py, and Morgon, a climat directly behind the winery, pictured above.

A two-faced wine that best encapsulates the Mee style. At first pour it's deep and dark, as if it's blacking out the sunshine that makes Beaujolais so joyful. But soon, with air, a decant, or a day later, the frivolity reveals itself as levity, spaciousness for a breathtaking experience.

While there's density to the dark cherry fruit, there's also bracing acidity and a forceful mineral core wrapped with crunchy, time-consuming tannins. Graphite is inescapable, along with licorice, very ripe strawberry, plums, spice, smoke, sunshine, and forest floor. It's so young and begs for some cellar time to resolve the mouthful of tannin, but even in its youth, with some air, it opens itself up to you, enticing you, daring you not to drink the whole bottle in one sitting. This is a masterpiece.