This is a predominantly Smooth & Silky wine, but it shares structural nuances of Tone & Backbone as described in the tasting note below.
Tasting Notes
Sunier's Morgon is a medium-bodied wine with plus acidity and tannins, with complex flavors and aromas of bramble, red berry, forest floor, mineral, and spice.
Body is the impression of a wines weight, density, or its ‘mouth-feel’. Some wines feel weighty, or full bodied, while others feel light bodied. Wine runs the gamut from light to full, with most falling somewhere in between.
TANNIN
Low
Subtle
Balanced
Pronounced
High
Tannin can range greatly in wine, but it is necessary to some degree, and a necessary constituent for red wines to age well. In high amounts, it can cause a drying affect, which is sensed mostly on the gums and tongue. Tannin is a natural preservative extracted from grape skins, otherwise known as polyphenols that are micronutrients and antioxidants with potential health benefits.
ACIDITY
Soft
Subtle
Balanced
Pronounced
High
Acidity is a foundational component in wine. In fact, low acidity, or ‘flabby’ wine (as the term suggests) is a negative. You can sense acidity mainly on the sides of your tongue. Acidity generally ranges from balanced to high. Crisp acidity adds freshness, making your mouth water. Acidity is a necessary element and helps to balance other components.
SWEETNESS
Dry
Off Dry
Medium Dry
Medium Sweet
Very Sweet
Most wines are characterized as dry to off-dry, but there are some grape varietals, like Riesling, that run the gamut from dry to sweet. The tip of the tongue mainly detects sweetness, which is why it is often the primary characteristic detected. Sweetness is derived from residual sugar that did not ferment into alcohol.
ALCOHOL
12.5%
Alcohol is the by-product of fermentation. Differing grape varieties have differing potential alcohol levels, but regardless warmer areas result in riper grapes resulting in higher alcohol. Alcohol level is an objective number, but its affect on its palate impression is largely determined with how well integrated and balanced it is with other components.
Gamay is a very old Burgundian variety often overshadowed by Pinot Noir. In the past, Gamay wines were often simple light and fruity wines, but old vine Gamay, especially Cru wines in Beaujolais have the potential to make very serious age-worthy wines with complex red and dark fruit, spice, and floral components at reasonable prices, especially for the serious complexity found in these wines.
With the advent of his 2014 vintage, Antoine Sunier joined the group of organic producers of high-quality Cru Beaujolais. Antoine’s two biggest influences were his older brother Julien and natural winemaker Jean-Claude Lapalu, with whom he worked in Brouilly after his winemaking studies in Beaune.
Antoine’s wines come from 45-year-old vines that historically have been organically farmed in Regnié and Morgon. While Antoine is influenced and even helped by his brother, the wines are his own representation of their respective terroir, including the practice of hand-harvesting grapes and using wild yeast fermentations in the winery.
The wines of Antoine Sunier balance power and elegance with complex layers of red and black fruit as well as tinges of spice and minerality.
Red Berries
Forest Floor
Nutmeg
Organic
