Jean-Marc Burgaud - Morgon Cote du Py Red 2024

Grape

100% Gamay.

Tasting notes

The 2024 Morgon Côte du Py from Domaine Jean-Marc Burgaud is a benchmark expression of this iconic Beaujolais cru. The nose is intense and expressive, dominated by ripe red fruits—cherry, plum, and fresh berries—interwoven with floral notes of peony, subtle sweet spice, and distinctive mineral nuances reminiscent of warm embers and crushed stone.

On the palate, the wine is full and fleshy, yet remarkably precise. Fine, melting tannins provide structure without heaviness, supported by bright, well-integrated acidity that lifts the fruit and enhances balance. The schist-rich soils of the Côte du Py lend depth, tension, and a gently savoury backbone, leading to a long, focused, and mineral-driven finish.

This is a structured and age-worthy Morgon that already offers great pleasure in its youth, while possessing the depth to evolve beautifully over time. An excellent pairing for roasted lamb, duck, or other flavourful meat dishes.

Expert Ratings

James Suckling’s Top 100 Wines of France 2025 shatters the myth that France’s greatest wines must be powerful, long-aged, and expensive.

Jean-Marc Burgaud’s Morgon Côte du Py 2023, crowned French Wine of the Year, embodies a new definition of excellence, combining great concentration, dazzling minerality, and remarkable finesse.

Sourced from six hectares atop the volcanic slopes of Côte du Py, this Gamay is fermented entirely in concrete tanks, offering purity of fruit and terroir expression: violet, forest floor, and wild herbs, with no oak influence.

James Suckling highlights it as a wine of both precision and emotion, proving that true greatness can be both accessible and authentic.

More About The Winery

Based in Morgon, Jean-Marc Burgaud is one of Beaujolais’ rising stars, known for crafting pure, structured Gamay from his 19 hectares of old vines. His vineyards, averaging 40+ years, lie on granite and schist soils, with the famed Côte du Py delivering wines of striking depth and minerality.

Using traditional Beaujolais methods with whole-cluster carbonic maceration and careful élevage in both tank and barrel, Burgaud produces wines that are bright, fruit-driven, and age-worthy. Expect vivid notes of mulberries, cherries, and spice wrapped in freshness and precision.