Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano earthy undertones of tobacco

earthy undertones of tobacco

this Le Gramolere has developed the ethereal complexity that only patient cellaring can achieve

Tinta Barroca

offering bright notes of blackberries

Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano earthy undertones of tobaccoIf you remember your first taste of Foillard, you remember the thrill of a living, no makeup Beaujolais. Jean Foillard, one of Kermit Lynch's original "Gang of Four," makes his Fleurie from old vine Gamay on pink granite, fermented semi carbonically with native yeast and almost no sulfur. The 2015 came from a warm, ripe, generous vintage, so this is the lusher, more fruit forward side of his Fleurie. A few years of bottle age have rounded it into a