Alex Foillard

Jean Foillard

Côte du Py Morgon Gamay 2022

🍷Cheers to this compelling Morgon crafted by one of the region’s luminaries!✨

We’re talking about the ‘Côte du Py’ Morgon (Gamay Noir) by the revered Jean Foillard.

This Gamay hails from Morgon – a “Cru” within the broader appellation of Beaujolais – with a reputation for producing structured & age-worthy wine.

👁️ This wine is medium ruby in color, like a gemstone with the delicate haze you’d expect from an unfiltered wine.

👃 The aromas & flavors are perfumed with ripe red and black cherry, wild strawberry, blueberry, pomegranate, blood orange, mulberry, rosehips, hibiscus, lilac, black tea, rooibos, black licorice, star anise, potting soil, gunflint, & clove.

👄 On the palate, it’s dry with vibrant acidity, warming alcohol, a medium body, fine, ripe tannins, followed by a persistent finish.

In sum, this is a captivating, soulful, & expressive wine; a beautiful representation of Morgon, so deliciously drinkable now, with its layers of lush fruit, florals, & spice, while demurely holding the spine, structure, & intensity to age…

I can imagine it gaining mushroom, earthy, leather, & cured meat dimensions with time.

It offers power and elegance; a wine to sip, savor, & appreciate.
— 15 days ago

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Somm David T

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One of my absolute favorite producers of Grand Cru Gamay. Cheers! 🍷
Vanessa

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@Somm David T Jean Foillard is an icon! And this wine 🍷 was a beautiful example of his deep talent & craft. 😍 Cheers!

Jean Foillard

Beaujolais Villages Gamay 2022

Easy going, relatively simple, but fun wine — 3 months ago

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Les Enseignères Puligny Montrachet Chardonnay 2016

Maybe a little reductive at first but blew off shortly. A fun lively chard, zesty lemon hint of lime and super clean finish. — 10 months ago

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Jean Foillard

"Cuvée Corcelette" Morgon Gamay 2022

The balance on this wine is amazing. At times it is crushable and others it is so complex and contemplative. Big crunchy fruit, stone, flowers, super long 30 second finish of strawberry fields and cherries. So good. — 21 days ago

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Jean Foillard

Cuvée 3.14 Morgon Gamay 2006

This wine comes from a time when natural wine was still a revolution, not a trend. Foillard, one of the Gang of Four, took Gamay to wild, expressive heights with deep structure and an earthy sensuality which entices any wine lover. Twenty years later this wine is a testament of passion; on the palate the wine is so harmonious it decimates in your mouth like the most beautiful time lapse you’ve ever experienced. Great wine. — 2 months ago

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Ericsson

Ericsson

Certainly has Ira and pleasant surprise
Norman

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Didn’t think you could keep a natural that long let alone a Gamay. Nice.
Ericsson

Ericsson

Wine is wine 🍷

Jean Foillard

Morgon Gamay 2021

Strong musk and forest on the nose. Bramble, dark fruits, and a hint of red fruits on the forward palate. Forest floor/wet fruit and mild gasoline/rubber on the mid and end palate. Smooth low-med tannins, full-minus body. Bright med+ acidity. Needs to decant and breathe before drinking. — 3 months ago

Jean Foillard

Fleurie Gamay 2019

A wonderful combination of red fruit, earth and minerals. Nicely structured. Will drink well for a number of years  — 20 days ago

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Alex Foillard

Brouilly Gamay 2021

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2021 hits all the notes — 2 months ago

Alex Foillard

Cote de Brouilly Gamay 2022

Funky reduction overpowering some lush fruit. A bit too much manipulation for me. — 2 months ago

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Jean Foillard

Eponym' Les Charmes Morgon Gamay 2019

Youthful with lots of generous dark cherry, berry fruit, spices & floral notes — 4 months ago

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