We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, but this is one of France’s great wines of any style. Old vines of Gamay grown on a long-extinct volcano that leave finished wines, at least when in the hands of a master like Jean Foillard, with endless finesse and complexity. 2018’s release is drinking as well as any in recent memory and will cellar for years and years to come.
Jean Foillard made his name as a member of Beaujolais’ ‘Gang of Four’ winemakers the acolytes of natural wine pioneer Jules Chauvet. His wines, full of balanced poised fruit, are at the very forefront in the restoration of the reputation of Beaujolais as a serious winemaking region and represent some of the very best value to be found in all of France.
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, but this is one of France’s great wines of any style. Old vines of Gamay grown on a long-extinct volcano that leave finished wines, at least when in the hands of a master like Jean Foillard, with endless finesse and complexity. 2018’s release is drinking as well as any in recent memory and will cellar for years and years to come.
Jean Foillard made his name as a member of Beaujolais’ ‘Gang of Four’ winemakers the acolytes of natural wine pioneer Jules Chauvet. His wines, full of balanced poised fruit, are at the very forefront in the restoration of the reputation of Beaujolais as a serious winemaking region and represent some of the very best value to be found in all of France.
