Description / Reviews
"The 2023 Morgon Côte du Py comes from several parcels of granite and schistous soils with many centurion vines. This has a wonderful, very complex bouquet with exquisite delineation: crushed stone filters through dark berry fruit alongside hints of ash and light stony scents. The sapid and vivacious palate has filigree tannins, a silver thread of acidity, and a touch of cracked black pepper towards the long finish. This is one of the best Morgon's you can buy...but that's old news." - 94 Points, Neal Martin, Vinous
"Even though there are now several growers in the Beaujolais cru villages making wines along similar lines, Foillard’s continue to stand apart. Clearly the strength and delicacy, fine structure, texture and terroir transparency that make his wines so sought after come from something within Foillard himself.
And that something is being applied to an expanding number of fine cuvées. Foillard’s flagship wine has long been his venerated Morgon “Côte du Py,” from a renowned slope of roches pourries—“rotten rock” of decomposed granite and schist. Through Jean’s great skill and instinct, this extraordinary site yields an exceptionally complete expression of Beaujolais.
In its perfect balance of sheer deliciousness and serious, structured complexity, Foillard’s Côte du Py is a model of grape variety matched to terroir. Few wines from anywhere combine these traits so effortlessly, and it was his Côte du Py that established Foillard’s loyal following." - Manny Berk
