Domaine Louis-Claude DESVIGNES
"L'Aube à Javernières" red
- 2023
- Beaujolais red
The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.
L'Aube à Javernières is a perfect entry-level Desvignes on a parcel of 0.84 ha on the edge of the Morgon appellation (Côte du Py), a frank Beaujolais, easy to drink but with a very present background.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 16.5/20 “Vinified with 50% de-stemmed grapes, this cuvée reveals an intense color and a fine, fresh, fruity, spicy nose.... The wine is dense, greedy, coated and silky, with fine balance and finesse”.
- To keep or to drink :
- Ready to drink
- Apogée :
- 2024-2028
- Organic certification :
- 2023
From the same producer
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.L'Aube à Javernières is a perfect entry-level Desvignes on a parcel of 0.84 ha on the edge of the Morgon appellation (Côte du Py), a frank Beaujolais, easy to drink but with a very present background.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 92/100 “Already ready to drink, we can see the desire to produce a deep wine with fine tannins”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2028
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.L'Aube à Javernières is a perfect entry-level Desvignes on a parcel of 0.84 ha on the edge of the Morgon appellation (Côte du Py), a frank Beaujolais, easy to drink but with a very present background.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2022-2027
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.L'Aube à Javernières is a perfect entry-level Desvignes on a parcel of 0.84 ha on the edge of the Morgon appellation (Côte du Py), a frank Beaujolais, easy to drink but with a very present background.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2021-2026
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's flagship, La Voûte Saint-Vincent is built on tender, greedy fruitiness, without lacking in substance.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2029
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's flagship, La Voûte Saint-Vincent is built on tender, greedy fruitiness, without lacking in substance.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Ready to drink
- Apogée:
- 2024-2029
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The Château Gaillard cuvée, made from very old vines (80 years old), plays the density card.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 17/20 “Intense color, fine, soft aromas of black fruits and violets... Sweet, greedy fruit on the palate, dense, velvety, long, with obvious ageing potential.”
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 92-94/100 “The 2023 Morgon Château-Gaillard comes from vines planted in 1920 and 1952. This is very cohesive on the nose, with more black fruit than the Montpelain and just a subtle reduction at play. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, very focused, gaining density toward the finish with a dash of black pepper that prolongs lenght. Outstanding."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2031
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The Château Gaillard cuvée, made from very old vines (80 years old), plays the density card.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 94/100 “Château-Gaillard is gaining in depth, its fruit is more open. Its delicate mouthfeel makes it already accessible.”
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (August 2024): 16.5/20 “The estate cultivates 1.03 hectares of 80-year-old vines in the lieu-dit. Intense, brilliant color. Expressive, precise aromas of cherries, raspberries, blackberries...Dense, delicate, elegant palate, with “sweet”, fleshy fruit, good balance and potential.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2025-2031
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 90-92/100 “The 2023 Morgon Javernières has a deep and rounded nose, black cherries mixing with wild strawberries and oyster shells. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid, black-olive-tinged dark berry fruit, easing off toward the slightly confit-like finish. This is such a cemely Morgon that it will be nearly impossible to resist its youth.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2035
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 18/20 “Made from 80-year-old vines, with 95% of the grapes vinified whole and aged for 9 months in 30-hl concrete eggs (as for the Les Pierres cuvée), this top-flight Morgon has an intense color, a rich, precise nose of ripe black fruits and spices... Dense, compact, harmonious, long and racy on the palate, perfect for laying down."
"Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 94-96/100 “The 2023 Morgon Côte de Py, matured in concrete eggs, has onr of the finest bouquet from the Domaine with crystalline red fruit and wonderful mineralité. I could have nosed this all day! The palate is immaculate with fine tannins, clean and precise, surfeited with tension. A vivid, tensile finish begs you to take another sip. Potentially one of the finest Côte de Py I have tasted, it exudes effortless class.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2041
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (N. Martin - May 2023): 94/100 “It has a very pure nose of cherries, figs and kirsch, with the old vines (on average 70 to 80 years old) lending complexity. Medium-bodied on the palate, with a fine, mineral structure and a classic, slightly austere finish that calls for cellaring. Superb”.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2028-2041
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 1 to 2 years
- Apogée:
- 2026-2038
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 17.5/20 “Intense, brilliant purplish color. Aromas of black fruit, violets, spices...Rich, full, fleshy, juicy mouthfeel, with racy, velvety tannins, generous, greedy fruit and a fresh, elegant finish.”
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 91-93/100 “The 2023 Morgon Aux Pierres Javernières comes from vines planted in 1931 and aged in concrete eggs. This is slightly more opulent and candied on the nose than the Côte du Py, perhaps without the same sophisitication. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-boned tannins, a little earthier in style, very well-balanced with an almost flinty finish. Excellent.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
Vinous (Neal Martin - May 2023): 95/100 “It has a very complex mineral nose of black cherry, tea leaf and crushed stone, with floral scents emerging on aeration. [...] This is a very pure, beautifully balanced style, with a satin-textured finish that is one of the most caressing to be found in this vintage. Remarkable.”
Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025): 95/100Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (August 2024): 16.5/20 “Made from 90-year-old vines, this cuvée reveals an intense color and fine aromas of ripe fruit. Lots of richness, depth, flesh on the palate and breed in this wine, which is not yet established, but promised a radiant future.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 3 to 5 years
- Apogée:
- 2027-2040
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2023 vintage in the press:
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (November 2024): 17.5/20 “In 2023, the domaine produced 3900 bottles of its now almost ‘cult’ cuvée des Impénitents from vines planted in 1920 below the hill of Py on clay and iron oxide soil. Intense color. Fine, fruity, floral, spicy, toasty nose.”
Vinous (N.Martin - April 2024): 92-94/100 “The 2023 Morgon Les Impénitents comes from the Domaine's oldest vines, planted in 1912 or 1914. Dark berry fruit, licorice and touches of graphite emerge on the nose. This is very complex and beautifully defined, one of thei more cerebral aromatic profiles in this vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, slightly chalky tannins. Dark berry fruit mixes with black tea and black olive, leading to a structured and serious finish. try to resist temptation and allow it few years to settle this bottling repays patience.”
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
- Organic certification:
- 2023
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The philosophy of Domaine Desvignes is simple: respect tradition. Hence a culture without weedkillers, "old-fashioned" vinification and rather long maturations in cement vats only. The result is great structured morgons with a subtle and accomplished structure, and a keeping capacity worthy of the great Burgundies (10 years and more).
Rated three stars in the Revue du Vin de France guide.The estate's four greatest cuvées (Javernières, Côte du Py, Javernières Aux Pierres and the most famous, Les Impénitents) all come from the Côte du Py climat. These Morgons combine the richness of Gamay with exceptional depth and length. Fleshy wines, made for laying down.
The 2022 vintage in the press:
La Revue du Vin de France (Guide 2025): 97/100 “Les Impénitents is a quintessential Morgon, a pure decoction of rock. Dark today, it will reveal itself over thirty years.”
Bettane & Desseauve (Guide 2025) : 96/100
Bourgogne Aujourd'hui (August 2024): 18.5/20 “From 80 ares of 109-year-old vines planted below the Py hill, the estate's emblematic cuvée is once again at the top! Vinified “à la beaujolaise” with 95% whole grapes, the wine expresses elegant, sensual aromas of violets and ripe, fresh black fruit. The palate is concentrated, refined, fleshy and brilliant, with velvety “sweet” tannins and great class."
More- To keep or to drink:
- Wait 5 to 10 years
- Apogée:
- 2030-2044
- Organic certification:
- 2023