90 John Gilman - View from the Cellar

"The 2008 Morgon "Tradition" bottling from Jean-Luc Gauthier is a really lovely example of the vintage, with the touch of VA that I often find in this domaine’s wines, but which nicely blows off with decantation. The bouquet is deep, complex and classy, offering up scents of sweet cranberries, woodsmoke, autumnal tones, coffee, a bit of gamebird and a great base of soil. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a lovely attack, a fine core, moderate tannins, good acids and a nice vein of fresh herb tones running through the palate, which is not really evident on the nose, but which adds another layer of savory complexity to the long finish. Make sure you decant this! 2013-2020+. 90."