{"product_id":"jean-foillard-morgon-cote-du-py-2024","title":"Jean Foillard - Morgon Côte du Py 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eJean and Agnès Foillard took over his father’s domaine in 1980, and soon thereafter began to make Kermit Lynch customers very happy. Most of their vineyards are planted on the Côte du Py, the famed slope outside the town of Villié-Morgon and the pride of Morgon. These granite and schist soils sit on an alluvial fan at the highest point above the town and impart great complexity. However, great real estate is not the only key to Foillard’s success. 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 Kermit christened them, 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 sulfur dioxide or none at all, and refusing both chaptalization and filtration. The end result allows Morgon to express itself naturally, as it should be without the bubblegum and banana aromas of so many other Beaujolais available today. Its rustic structure, spicy notes, and mineral-laden backbone are what real Morgon is all about.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis estate comprises nearly fourteen hectares. Foillard’s Morgons are deep, structured, and complex, with a velvety lushness that makes them irresistible when young despite their aging potential. Jean raises his wines in older barrels sourced from top estates in Burgundy, a logical decision for someone crafting Gamay in a Burgundian style. It is the passion and dedication of vignerons like this that have brought pride back to the crus of the Beaujolais.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVineyards are farmed organically. Highly selective hand harvesting. Traditional, whole cluster fermentation lasts from 3-4 weeks. Aged for 6-9 months in used oak barrels, where barrels are minimum 2 years old. Unfiltered and with no added SO2 during vinification.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"As usual, I tasted the wines of Jean Foillard (one of the original Gang of Four), together with his son Alex Foillard’s wines at their winery in Villié-Morgon. These reds undergo 100% carbonic maceration and 100% whole bunch using natural yeasts. “The 2024 season was tricky in terms of rain. We had small windows in which to make treatments,” Fanny Bellenger, who works with Alex Foillard, told me. “Everything had to be done by hand.” These wines have earned a reputation for being standard-bearers of natural Beaujolais, and the Foillards’ sought-after 3.14 cuvée from Morgon Côte du Py            (Py…π…get it?) is maturing beautifully in bottle.\" - Vinous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jean Foillard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e France\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Burgundy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVarietal:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gamay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Morgon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 750ml\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SGWS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46431337185416,"sku":null,"price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0349\/2239\/7832\/files\/PhotoRoom_060_20231130_0702492_aa288b0c-c1ae-4cb9-9248-e7ac93b03511.jpg?v=1787245168","url":"https:\/\/vinonueva.com\/products\/jean-foillard-morgon-cote-du-py-2024","provider":"VinoNueva Fine \u0026 Rare Wine Miami","version":"1.0","type":"link"}