Domaine Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py Vieilles Vignes 2022

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Domaine Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py Vieilles Vignes

Region: Morgon, Beaujolais, France

Vintage: 2022

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Gamay

ABV: 14%

Gently fragrant nose of red berries with a hint of vanilla. Elegant, supple palate with evident but integrated oak adding complexity.

Jean and Agnès Foillard took over the Domaine from Jean`s father in 1980. It wasn`t long before their wines reached the cult-like status they enjoy today. Early on, Jean began to follow the teachings of Jules Chauvet, a traditionalist who defied everything that the more commercial brands were touting in the region. Jean and three other local vignerons, Marcel Lapierre, Jean-Paul Thévenet, and Guy Breton, soon joined in on the movement. This Gang of Four, as christened by famous American importer Kermit Lynch, 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 sulphur dioxide or none at all, and refusing both chaptalization and filtration.
The wines are a true and natural expression of Morgon.