Louis Jadot Morgon Côte du Py, Chateau des Jacques

Description

Louis Jadot Morgon Cote de Py is a single site Morgon made at Jadot’s fantastic Beaujolais headquarters, Chateau de Jacques. Maison Louis Jadot bought Château des Jacques in 1996. It is situated in Moulin à Vent, between Fleurie and Chenas, and has 27 ha vineyards of ‘Moulin à Vent’. They also have vineyards in Morgon. Morgon is one of the 10 Crus of the Beaujolais appellation and Jadot’s Côte du Py vineyard is situated on the slopes above the village of Villié-Morgon. The underlying soil of Morgon is granite, but another feature of Morgon is a schist known as “roche pourrie”. Morgon is made up of six “climats”; Les Charmes, Corcelette, Côte du Py, Douby, Les Grands Cras and Les Micouds. Since 1996 Louis Jadot has also purchased vineyards in Morgon and the wine from these sites is now made under the label of Château des Jacques. Louis Jadot Morgon Côte du Py is rather unusual because it can be kept aged quite a long time : 10 to 20 years in good conditions of humidity and temperature.