Jean Foillard

Jean Foillard 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).
Today his holdings are 11 hectares, including a parcel recently inherited from Agnes’ parents in the lieu-dit Courcellette. It’s granitic soils are a little different to the iron rich, schist of the Côte du Py and the cuvée is bottled separately.
Jean Foillard is a fervent supporter 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.
Foillard 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.
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.
Foillard's wines are a 'must try' for wine lovers who have not yet discovered this treasure of ‘true’ Beaujolais.
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Jean Foillard Morgon Cuvee Elles 2018
$75.00Ethereal and pretty, with dried flowers, cherry, raspberry, clove, aniseed and petrichor. Gourmand palate, with pitch perfect weight, soft lacy tannins and gentle acidity. Gorgeous wine, very sensual and easy. Waters Wine Co This is a very unique wine; made by Jean’s wife Agnes and her friend Nadine, there was not much of it to […]
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