Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2011 AFKAT_2024 Decant or carafe in youth

Decant or carafe in youth

But this bottling comes from a different

but with enough finesse to highlight the grape’s more elegant side

it's built for drinking now

and the unusually thoughtful farming have all produced a wine that has aged with grace and grown into earthy

Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2011 AFKAT_2024 Decant or carafe in youthJean Foillard helped redefine what Cru Beaujolais could be one of Kermit Lynch's "Gang of Four" who traded sugary Nouveau for living, low intervention wine. His Fleurie is the floral, perfumed counterpoint to his Morgons: old vine Gamay on pink granite, semi carbonic fermentation, native yeast, minimal sulfur. The 2011 is a back vintage bottle from a private collection, drinking in a mellow, mature register today. It leans more toward dried fruit and