Jean Foillard Fleurie 2024 campaign-feature they're making Chateauneuf to keep

they're making Chateauneuf to keep and improve in the cellar over a decade or more

a round and ripe mid-palate

and then they're a permanent one

the southernmost corner of Champagne where the soils run to Kimmeridgian marl and the wines drink with the depth of fine white Burgundy

Atlantic-driven freshness of vineyards within sight of the ocean

Jean Foillard Fleurie 2024 campaign-feature they're making Chateauneuf to keepJean Foillard needs no introduction, but here is one anyway: he is one of the Gang of Four, the Beaujolais growers who followed Jules Chauvet back toward old vines, native yeasts, minimal sulfur and no shortcuts, and in doing so rewrote what the region could be. Morgon is his home ground, but Fleurie is the cru people reach for when they want perfume, and Foillard's is exactly that, the most lifted and floral wine in his lineup rather than the most