Jean-Paul & Charly Thevenet Morgon La Roche Pilee 2023 Emilia Romagna These are the same tuffeau-underlain

These are the same tuffeau-underlain grounds that produce the Loire's most compelling Chenin Blanc and Cabernet Franc

underscored by a chalky salinity

When he died in 1982

Château Meyney 2025 — Saint-Estèphe

Jean-Paul & Charly Thevenet Morgon La Roche Pilee 2023 Emilia Romagna These are the same tuffeau-underlainThe Land Morgon's reputation rides on the Cte du Py and its decomposed schist, so it is worth saying plainly: La Roche Pile comes from somewhere else. The parcel sits on slopes just above the village of Villi Morgon, 300 to 350 meters up, on rocky decomposed granite rather than the roche pourrie of the Py. Granite is Beaujolais bedrock, and here it has weathered into a coarse, free draining grit that stresses the vines and drives roots deep. The cuve