2020 Cameron Hughes 'Lot 852' Morgona Red Blend

An age-worthy bottling with a strong sense of place! Unquestionably deft extraction on the pour is the first thing you'll notice while the nose follows with dynamic rhubarb, thyme, raspberry, and cherry over cocoa and mulberry. The entry is terroir-dominated with black tea, fresh-turned soils, and notes of black currant and huckleberry over medium+ acidity and small, perfectly integrated, velvety tannins. The finish is medium length, dry, and showcases the tannin with resonant, delicate earthy notes, making for an eminently quaffable experience - stock up, and cellar a few down. Every year the first wine of the harvest is produced in Beaujolais and rushed to Paris to be the first wine of the vintage to market. This Nouveau (New-voh) Beaujolais – a long-held tradition that still exists today – is celebrated as the first taste of the vintage, indicating and inferring what to expect. 2018 was immediately held in high regard, showing the best for the decade in the region, however 2020 ca