Domaine Jean Foillard Beaujolais Villages 2023

Domaine Jean Foillard Beaujolais Villages 2023In some ways this fulfills the unpretentious promise of Beaujolais like no other. It can be quaffed in big gulps with a slight chill or it can be admired for its nonchalant beauty. Of course, this effortless air comes from decades of hard work at the estate. Jean and Agns Foillard were at the forefront of the early efforts to produce Beaujolais with, instead of against, the whims of nature, beginning in the early 1980s. After all these years the wines

Yet where many versions of this grape get overly extracted and are fatiguing

The Quela is a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot that sees three weeks of skin maceration in concrete before a long élevage in wood

Fermentation is spontaneous and carried out in concrete vats

100% Moscatel de Alejandría from 60 year old vines

*Please note we cannot ship this item outisde of NY state

'Paroxysme' is 45% Pinot Noir

100% Bical macerated with chestnut petals

poor banking and social system

weighty white stone fruits

ready to drink now

Wait a year or two if you can't help yourself

the Newton Pippin is one of the few desirable varieties to make cider due to its ability to attain high sugars and posses some tannin and bitterness