Morgon Iron

Yann Bertrand

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Type

Red Wine

Appellation

Morgon

Variety

Gamay

This wine hails from a 0.70-hectare plot of vines at 'Bas Douby,' which is composed of granitic soils high in iron.

Viticulture

Vineyard name

Bas Douby

Soil type

Granitic arena with high iron and shallow manganese content

Vine ageOne parcel less than 10 years old and one more than 50 years old

Vineyard size0.7 ha

PruningGobelet and Cordon

Vinification

The grapes are exclusively hand harvested with rigorous sorting on the plot and on 300kg boxes. Cold carbonic maceration without pumping over. No added sulfur or yeast

ElevageThe wine ages for 7 months, 40% in 225-liter barrels and 60% in 300-liter barrels. Old barrels of minimum 6 uses are used. Racking,then unfiltered, sulfur-free bottling according to the moon.

Harvest typeHand Harvested

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...