Morgon Dynamite

Yann Bertrand

Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Morgon

Variety

Gamay

Morgon Dynamite is the confidential cuvée made from the tiny sliver of vines at Grand Pré that reach across the boundary into Morgon. So while the label says Morgon, the soul is definitely in Fleurie. Like everything at the domaine, this wine is naturally vinified without any added yeast or SO2.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Grand Pré

Soil type

Granite and Clay

Vines planted in60 years average

Vineyard size1.2 ha (3 acres)

PruningGobelet

Altitude200m to 450m

Vinification

Cold carbonic maceration with native yeast and no added SO2

Elevage7-9 months in 250L barrels (minimum 10 years old). Racked by gravity.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

Fining/FilteringBottled unfiltered by gravity following the lunar calendar

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More about
the producer

Yann Bertrand

Founded in 2012

9 hectares

Growing up in Fleurie, Yann Bertrand never thought he would become a winemaker. He briefly enrolled in commerce at a local university, then travelled around the French Alps for a few years. When applying for local jobs, he noted that he was the son of a vigneron and soon found himself working at wine bars and wine shops, surrounded by passionate wine geeks and artisan winemakers who often came to deliver wine themselves. Tasting wines in a new way, he began to ask himself some questions, and eventually decided that the metier of a winemaker would be interesting to him if he pursued it with the same passion as the role models he encountered.

Returning to the Beaujolais, Yann began to learn from the incredible circle of producers that he never knew before, including well-k...