2024 Morgon Côte du Py Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Jean Foillard

The Granite Heart of Morgon

This is Beaujolais with depth, perfume and a pulse of old-vine energy. From the famed Côte du Py hillside, it opens with red cherry, raspberry, blackcurrant and violet, before notes of wild herbs, earth, pepper and crushed granite begin to rise. It is Gamay with real seriousness, but still has that Foillard glide: fragrant, silky and full of life.

The palate is juicy, structured and beautifully lifted, with bright acidity, fine tannins and a mineral backbone running through the red and dark fruit. There is enough freshness to make it irresistible now, but enough depth and old-vine concentration to reward patience. This is Morgon in its most magnetic form: vivid, stony, elegant and quietly powerful.

For when you want Beaujolais with soul, texture and proper cellar-worthy presence.
Pairs with roast chicken, duck, charcuterie, mushroom tart, pork belly, lentils, grilled sausages, or a proper plate of pâté and cornichons.
If this wine were… a heartbeat, it would be the slow pulse of granite under the Morgon hill, carrying cherry, violets and old-vine memory.

Jean and Agnès Foillard took over the family domaine in 1980 and became central figures in the natural wine movement of Beaujolais, following the low-intervention ideas associated with Jules Chauvet. Their vineyards are centred on Côte du Py, Morgon’s most celebrated slope, where granite and schist soils help produce some of the cru’s most structured and age-worthy Gamay. Foillard’s wines are loved for their purity, perfume and rare ability to feel both effortless and profound.