Who makes it
Dominique Piron's oldest known ancestor was born in Morgon in 1590. Fourteen generations of wine growers preceded Dominique's operational era.
Maison Piron works sustainably across a patchwork of parcels. In the cellar, selective sorting, partial destemming based on stalk maturity, pigeage, pump-overs and fermentation lengths vary with terroir, appellation and vintage. The approach seeks tannin extraction while preserving purity; moderate barrel maturation adds roundness.
Where it grows
The vineyard includes broken granite and schist soils, fragmented parcels and 30% steep slopes. Fermentation length is tailored to terroir and vintage, accommodating the differences between those parcels in the cellar.
What they make
Morgon Côte du Py Maison Piron 2023 is the named Morgon bottling. It layers forest raspberry and blueberry with licorice, pepper, blackberry and oak influence. Maison Piron's Morgon wines are solid but never hard, with black cherry that can mature toward kirsch and bright spicy notes.
Fleurie Maison Piron 2023 is the second named Beaujolais red in the range.