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Jean Foillard 2024 Morgon 'Cuvée Classique'
The Foillard you actually drink on a Tuesday night. No decanting. No waiting. No need to take notes. Perhaps the most confident "entry level" Morgon you will ever meet. This is Morgon you will keep coming back to.
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- Jean Foillard
- Morgon, Beaujolais, France
- Red
- Gamay
- Cork
- 10-14 °C, air 30 minutes
- now over the next 5-10 years
Deep cherry and plum, crushed stone and violet lift — structured yet juicy. The very essence of it's geography. It IS the appellation.
Serve & pair
Keep the food simple. The wine is the reason you're at the table. A mushroom and tarragon omelette, a simple pasta with tomato and basil. or lentil soup with thyme. or fondue bourguignonne.. Heck why not some grilled meat and veggies with a glug of good olive oil.
How it was made
The grapes undergo a thorough selection process in the winery to pick out only the healthy ones. The whole bunches undergo a spontaneous maceration with native yeasts, without being de-stemmed. Finally, the wine is bottled without chaptalisation or filtration and no sulphur is added
Producer
Jean Foillard. The guy who was making wine before "natural wine" was a word you could say out loud without getting stared at. It's 1980. A time when Beaujolais meant nouveau, bubble gum and commercial yeast. Jean took over his fathers 4 ha. The influencers. Jules Chauvet, the late Marcel Lapierre, JP Thévent and Guy Breton. The last three, his "party buds" that went on an adventure.that became a thing. A wine movement before it became a trend. Now it's a legacy that continues to unfold.
Farming
Organic (praciticing) | Biodynamic (practicing)