Côte du Py is Morgon's grand cru in all but name — volcanic blue granite that gives Foillard's Gamay a weight most Beaujolais never reaches. Dark cherry and iron, a curl of woodsmoke, tannins that show up quietly and stay. It drinks like a secret you're not sure you should tell. Pour it for a night that starts casual and doesn't stay that way.
Matched to the wine's region, weight, and weather — not the other way around.
Charming on the first sip, considerably darker by the finish — exactly the arc of Tartt's classicists.
Smoke and iron under the fruit, a wine that knows something heavy is sitting beneath the surface.