Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py 2021
$99.99
One of the iconic wines of contemporary France. Beaujolais at its finest. Very limited!
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Jean Foillard is one of the great winemakers in France and, in his hands, wine is no ordinary thing.
Jean and his wife Agnès live just outside the small village of Ville-Morgon in a large, old white farmhouse that they have renovated beautifully. Jean started making wine in 1982; first at the family domaine then after a few years he branched out on his own and started to rent and buy his own holdings (including a large, perfect parcel on the Côte du Py: the most celebrated climat in all of Beaujolais).
Jean Foillard is a fervent supporter, like Marcel Lapierre, of the natural wine growing and making methods of the legendary Jules Chauvet. This includes keeping whole clusters of grapes in vats for 2 to 3 weeks at a low temperature before fermentation, using only natural yeast, no pumping, no fining and no filtration. Furthermore he ages his wine in barrels brought from the Domaine de la Romanée-Conti….. the results are sublime. He is a cult wine hero amongst the very many young, free-spirited vignerons in France who are now looking back to nature to make fine wine.
Morgon from Foillard shows wonderfully fresh, pure aromas of cherries and blackberries combined with a haunting, otherworldly complexity that is distinctly Foillard. The word diaphanous is perfect to describe the aromas of his wines; you can almost smell through them. In the mouth, again there’s a wonderful transparency. Crunchy, fresh fruit is complemented by a satiny, silky structure and some delicate spice. Elegant, soft, smooth and pure, in many ways these wines have more in common sensually with Chambolle-Musigny than regular, ‘run of the mill’ Beaujolais. A must try wine for wine lovers who have not yet discovered this treasure of ‘true’ Beaujolais.
2021 is a vintage full of the sumptuous fruit and silky texture that Jean is always able to harness, the vintage providing fine concentration but the wines still show vibrant jellied red fruit, very attractive floral and spice aromas and caressingly silky mouthfeel – as always they all offer delicious succulence as young wines, and as always they are perfectly balanced.
“As I wrote last year, it’s an open secret that this is one of the region’s finest as well as most consistent addresses, and followers of the estate won’t be disappointed by the newly released 2018. Jean and Agnès Foillard‘s first vintage was in 1981, but it was in 1985 that Jean began to work differently, influenced by his neighbor, the late Marcel Lapierre. Lapierre followed négociant and microbiologist Jules Chauvet in rejecting selected yeasts and manipulative winemaking in favor of minimal effective sulfur dioxide and carbonic maceration at comparatively low temperatures. Today, Foillard remains true to that approach: His Morgon cuvées see some three weeks of maceration in tank before gentle pressing and élevage in used Burgundy barrels. Chaptalization is eschewed. He also gives his wines a little bottle age before release. Despite his identification with the natural wine movement, Foillard has no tolerance for slovenly winemaking practices or flawed wines, and his bottles are typically models of aromatic purity and graceful aging. I regularly purchase these wines for my own cellar and warmly recommend them to readers.” William Kelley End of May 2020, The Wine Advocate
“Paler in colour than in recent years, the 2021 Côte du Py from Foillard is an absolute delight. Transparent ruby in the glass with an intense and vibrant nose, layering raspberry, cherry blossom and fresh strawberries together with just a hint of rosemary. The palate is bursting with crunchy red fruits and lively, refreshing acidity. Lipsmacking and moreish already, it is an absolute joy to drink now. The tannins are fine with a slight bite, adding textural intrigue without being obtrusive. Coming in at 12.5% alcohol, it is sappy, fine and very elegant. Deceptively long and serious, it wears its pedigree easily this year – you can still age this wine. A very fine, delicious vintage here. 94 points” Farr Vitners UK.
93 points, Neal Martin, Vinous “.. matured in used barrels, has a more complex bouquet than the Corcelette: a melange of red and black fruit, potpourri/lavender, and a faint hint of curry leaf that emerges with time. The palate is medium-bodied with grainy tannins and a fine backbone considering the growing season. This is very fresh and saline with quite a strict finish. You could attempt this now though I would be intrigued to age this for another two or three years before broaching. Drink 2025-2038.”
91 points, Allen Meadows, Burghound “Here there is enough reduction to blur the nuances of the spicy red berry fruit-suffused nose. Otherwise, there is a lovely sense of verve to the medium weight flavors that possess a succulent mid-palate that terminates in a powerful, robust and borderline rustic finale. This compact effort is also sneaky long and a wine that should age well too.”
RRP $121 Our Special Price – $99.99 – Very limited!
Additional information
Producer | Jean Foillard |
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Region or Country | Beaujolais, France |
Variety | Gamay |
Vintage | 2021 |
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