2023 Domaine Jean Foillard Morgon “Cte du Py”, Beaujolais, France

ABOUT THE WINE
Sourced from old Gamay vines on the famed Cte du Py hill, with its distinctive schist and decomposed granite soils, this wine is the heart of Jean Foillards work in Morgon. The 2023 vintage balances concentration and finesse, offering dark berry fruit, forest floor, and mineral complexity. Grapes are hand-harvested and fermented whole-cluster with native yeasts, then aged in older Burgundian barrels to preserve purity and structure. As always, no fining or filtration is applied, and sulfur is used sparingly. More muscular and brooding than Foillards Corcelette, this cuve rewards both early drinking and cellaring. Ideal with game birds, grilled meats, or earthy lentil dishes.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Jean and Agns Foillard took over his fathers domaine in 1980. The biggest part of their vineyards are planted on the Cte du Py, the famed slope outside the town of Villi-Morgon. . These granite and schist soils sit on an alluvial fan at the highest point above the town and impart great complexity. Jean and three other local vignerons, Marcel Lapierre, Jean-Paul Thvenet, and Guy Breton know as The Gang of Four, called for a return to the old practices of viticulture and vinification: starting with old vines, never using synthetic herbicides or pesticides, harvesting late, rigorously sorting to remove all but the healthiest grapes, adding minimal doses of sulfur dioxide or none at all, and refusing both chaptalization and filtration.

We are raving fans of Jean Foillard for his commitment to organic practices and ability to bring the best out of the Gamay grape. Beaujolais fans, Foillard is not one to miss!