Jean Foillard
"Cuvée Corcelette" Morgon Gamay
A weeknight dinner w friends & what a gift they brought: one of my favorite producers. What is surprising is how soft & approachable this is compared to, let’s say, a Lapierre Morgon from same vintage. Still, rather closed on nose, with a porous forest floor & red currant compote, but with muted acidity. It’s still delicious, but a few ticks away from infanticide.
A weeknight dinner w friends & what a gift they brought: one of my favorite producers. What is surprising is how soft & approachable this is compared to, let’s say, a Lapierre Morgon from same vintage. Still, rather closed on nose, with a porous forest floor & red currant compote, but with muted acidity. It’s still delicious, but a few ticks away from infanticide.
Oct 19th, 2022Ridiculously gorgeous. No notes, just enjoyed with some perfectly grilled lamb t-bone and great company @Danny Aliaga
Ridiculously gorgeous. No notes, just enjoyed with some perfectly grilled lamb t-bone and great company @Danny Aliaga
Nov 23rd, 2021This is great. Vibrant, savory, purple fruited, tart, fun and so delicious. It has gained so much elegance and complexity with time, revealing some chestnut and hibiscus. Yet it still feels fresh as a daisy. I'm not sure Foillard has hit these heights in recent vintages.
This is great. Vibrant, savory, purple fruited, tart, fun and so delicious. It has gained so much elegance and complexity with time, revealing some chestnut and hibiscus. Yet it still feels fresh as a daisy. I'm not sure Foillard has hit these heights in recent vintages.
Nov 15th, 2021Proof that when you drink a hot vintage blind, you're more inclined to like it.
Proof that when you drink a hot vintage blind, you're more inclined to like it.
Jun 10th, 2021This is all about fragrance, fruit, and sweet spices. Texture is super soft. None of that crunchy, mineral-textured granite stuff, but a very elegant, feminine rendition. So much delicious fruit. Needs a careful decant, though, because there is a ton of that fine, floaty sediment that starts dispersing if you look at it wrong.
This is all about fragrance, fruit, and sweet spices. Texture is super soft. None of that crunchy, mineral-textured granite stuff, but a very elegant, feminine rendition. So much delicious fruit. Needs a careful decant, though, because there is a ton of that fine, floaty sediment that starts dispersing if you look at it wrong.
May 28th, 2021Delicious and elegant. This wine was remarkable. I tasted it blind and had trouble placing it because it's structure and aromatic complexity didn't match with my fruit driven expectation of gamay. I've been drinking discount bojo. This was phenom.
Delicious and elegant. This wine was remarkable. I tasted it blind and had trouble placing it because it's structure and aromatic complexity didn't match with my fruit driven expectation of gamay. I've been drinking discount bojo. This was phenom.
Apr 3rd, 2021Spicy, structured, cherry nose. Serious Beaujolais. So delicious and complete
Spicy, structured, cherry nose. Serious Beaujolais. So delicious and complete
Jul 13th, 20202015. Juicy, generous gamay, chewy, soft, bramble fruits.
2015. Juicy, generous gamay, chewy, soft, bramble fruits.
Jan 16th, 2018This is still deep, dark and brooding. It was reminiscent of Chateauneuf du Pape on release but is beginning to open and show its Beaujolais birthright - 2009
This is still deep, dark and brooding. It was reminiscent of Chateauneuf du Pape on release but is beginning to open and show its Beaujolais birthright - 2009
Aug 18th, 2017