Beaujolais Jean Foillard, Morgon Cote du Py 2018

Origin: Beaujolais, France

This estate comprises nearly fourteen hectares. Foillard’s Morgons are deep, structured, and complex, with a velvety lushness that makes them irresistible when young despite their aging potential. Jean raises his wines in older barrels sourced from top estates in Burgundy, a logical decision for someone crafting Gamay in a Burgundian style. Would that all Burgundies were as consistent as Foillard’s Morgon! It is the passion and dedication of vignerons like this that have brought pride back to the crus of the Beaujolais. (  Kermit Lynch )

• Vineyards are farmed organically
• Highly selective hand harvesting
• Traditional, whole cluster fermentation lasts from 3-4 weeks
• Morgon Côte du Py, Morgon “3.14”, Fleurie aged for 6-9 months in used oak barrels
• Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette” aged for 6-9 months in used oak barrels and one 30-hectoliter foudre
• Barrels are minimum 2 years old
• Unfiltered and with no added SO2 during vinification
• Beaujolais Nouveau is made from vines that Jean Foillard owns not far from Morgon, within the AOC Beaujolais boundaries. Vinifications are traditional nouveau vinifications (semi-carbonic, whole cluster fermentations, no sulfur till bottling). This is meant to make a light, fun, and abundantly fruitful nouveau.

MISCELLANEA

Of all the disciples of Jules Chauvet, Jean Foillard is the most likely to succeed in the practice of using very little SO2, without having his wines act capriciously at the slightest change in atmospheric pressure. His wines possess magnificent body and give aromas of a unique purity and grace. La Revue de France

There is something no-nonsense and straightforward about Foillard’s wine. It seems to say, let’s cut straight to deliciousness. Deliciousness with class. It has a wonderful texture going down. The finesse from start to finish seems almost offhanded. Kermit Lynch