2021 Thevenet Morgon Cuvee Centenaire

Anthony Thevenet’s interpretation of Beaujolais is a unique combination of wines from decades past and today’s trend of voluptuously fruity, early-drinking renditions with a serious edge.

With a preference for wines that combine lift, structure and guts, Anthony has both the wine style of old, aged in large, older 600-liter barrels and bottled under his Vieilles Vignes range, while maintaining the newer lifted style of Beaujolais wines from the younger vines simply labeled as Morgon and Chénas. Aside from his previous mentors, he is largely influenced from the generations before him who are old enough to be his father, or grandfather. Characters like Jean-Louis Dutraive (who treats him like a son) and Yvon Metras, along with a slew of new winegrowers in Beaujolais have a great deal of respect for Anthony and his versatility as a winegrower.

These vines are located in Douby, a zone on the north side of Morgon between the famous Côte de Py hill and Fleurie. The soil is a combination of coarse granite sands, granite rocks and shallow topsoil.