Château des Jacques Morgon Cote Du Py 2021

The 2021 Morgon Côte du Py is a standout effort from Château des Jacques in this more-challenging vintage, offering up flavors of tangy currants, cherries, sweet soil, cacao powder and cedar. Vibrant and layered, with a velvety concentration of fruit framed by smooth, powdery tannins, it's medium to full-bodied, gliding leisurely across the palate, culminating in a lingering, satisfying finish. Suave and intricately layered, this wine comes highly recommended. -Kenna Wells

This wine opens with muddled rose petal, black cherry, hibiscus and boysenberry. Velvety in texture, it bathes in concentrated black fruit on the midpalate with an undercurrent of grippy tannins. The wine reveals the subtleties that a cool vintage can provide. Put this wine down and revisit after 2026.