M. et C. Lapierre, Morgon

Just like the previous bottles, this was vinegar.

2004 Marcel Lapierre Morgon. Was worried since i took posession of a couple of these bottles - the colour in them is so pale it looked like a rose and I wasnt sure what to expect. Stood it up, carefully decanted off very fine sediment and WOW. The floral lift off the nose was stunning. It rolled into blood orange, a bit of cinnamon and licorice and again this floral lift on the end and hints of mint. In spite …

This came out like rose colored water, highly acidic and with some VA. Seems to have turned into vinegar... Fill and capsule was fine, but the wine, unfortunately, was not.

Super interesting wine. Nose of red berries, blue cheese, blood orange, and. good amount of funk. Lovely palate with good acidity, red berries, and sour cherries. Nice finish. This may have seen better days, but it’s intriguing nonetheless. A pleasure to drink if you like it funky.

Meaty and bouncy, quite put together, a little hairspray top note, the wine I would most likely guess Roty GC blind. Unbelievably a point - gorgeous stuff, in a charcuterie kind of way. Coffee came and went. I will admit here for the record that the 96 was the first Lapierre I had, and was one of a handful of bottles that really turned me on to wine. It was a $10 bottle (or so) in a closeout bin at …

What a great wine. Morphed and evolved, heavily. Started off life w/ a heavy CNP kinship with a heavy iron overlay and a dose of funk - seems like many Morgons do this at opening. From there, into a Pommard (Volnay side) lookalike. Then moved into something else (can't remember - though pine stands out), and closed out the bottle with a tapered diminution of the whole thing. Living, beautiful wine. Good acids. Did someone have a problem with 04? …

Half bottle. On the nose, spices and dusty red cherry fruit. On the palate, quite light - especially compared to the 2005, tasted several times recently. Dried red fruit and spices - clove. Much better showing, compared to a 750ml of the 2004 I had recently (see TN).

Not as impressive as a bottle tasted at the beginning of May (see TN). Today the 2004 was a bit murky / muddy; very light, with sulphur and barnyard notes. The 2005 that followed blew the 2004 away... Note: this could have been an off bottle. I have another half bottle that I will open soon and post a follow up TN.

Pretty red fruit aromas straight out of the bottle, but with a hint of reduction, too. No matter, as that burned off over the course of the 4 hours this wine lasted on the table. With air, the wine took on more weight and dimension, adding a smoky and mushroomy character to back up the primary fruit flavors of raspberry, strawberry, and rainier cherry. The carbonic maceration is not particularly evident here. The wine finishes extremely clean and has a …

$23.99 full retail. Light red color. Faint red cherry / strawberry fruit on the nose, with a hint of spice - clove. On the palate, this is light bodied and well-balanced, with, again, light red cherry/strawberry and clove. Solid underlying acidity. I liked this but was surprised by just how light and delicate it was. I served it at 60 degrees, and I would not want to serve it any warmer. (RV 8334**)

Recent Wines; 3/10/2006-3/19/2006 (Around Tokyo) : I’ve been looking forward to cracking this one, which recently showed up at a small shop near my house. Light and translucent red color. Shows as bright and clean, but not dense – hinting at quenching freshness. Initially closed on the nose, but a minute or two of vigorous aeration brings out hints of crunchy red fruit – as well as an extreme sweaty-bretty kind of funkiness with a hint of rubber as well. …

Closed initially but opened up really nicely - great floral notes. Elegant Lapierre. Classic.