Morgon
The French wine-growing region Morgon is one of the ten cru des Beaujolais . The area received on September 11, 1936 the status of an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC for short). The 1132 hectares of vineyards are in the municipality of Villié-Morgon , a place in the Rhône department .
This is where red wines are made from the Gamay grape variety , which are far more profound and long-lived than most of the Beaujolais crus. The wines are made with the traditional carbon dioxide maceration. This method of winemaking is slow and unsuitable for making Beaujolais Nouveau, but it does make significantly better wines.
After prolonged storage, the Morgon resembles a light Burgundy made from the Pinot Noir grape variety. This effect is called morgonnieren (in French morgonner ).
The best wines of the appellation are produced south of Villié-Morgon on the hillside Côte du Py, on the 352 m high Mont du Py. The names of the other locations are les Micouds, les Grands Cras, les Charmes, Corcelette and Douby.
The municipality has set up a large reception center in the Château de Fontcrenne, where a wide variety of regional wines can be tasted and bought.
The other Beaujolais cru wines are Brouilly , Chénas , Chiroubles , Côte de Brouilly , Fleurie , Juliénas , Moulin à Vent , Régnié and Saint-Amour .
literature
- Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3. Edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .
- Pierre Galet : Cépages et Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Lavoisier Publishing House, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7430-0585-8 .
- Benoît France (ed.): Grand Atlas des Vignobles de France . 1st edition. Solar publishing house, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-263-03242-8 .