Morgon Côte de Py 2024

André Guillet founded Domaine de la Chaponne in 1987, acquiring his first plots in Morgon. It was a particular parcel on the lieu-dit La Chaponne that gave the domaine its name. In 2000, his son Laurent and daughter-in-law Laurence took over, adding further plots on the celebrated Côte du Py. The domaine now covers 12 hectares in Morgon, with 60-year-old vines grown on the volcanic schist soils for which the appellation is known, plus a hectare in Chiroubles, inherited from Laurence, whose family have been the village blacksmiths and long-time owners of vines there. The wines are made with indigenous yeasts and whole bunches, gravity-fed into concrete vats. The soils are ploughed every two or three years to drive the roots deep into the terroir.