Notify me
2021 Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette”
Jean Foillard![- Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant](https://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2021-Morgon-Cuve-Corcelette-product-image-7162-medium.jpg)
Foillard’s Morgons represent brilliantly crafted expressions of Beaujolais’ grandest terroirs. Technical details (available on our site) cannot adequately communicate this wine’s raison d’être—instead, consider a typical evening chez Foillard: Guests gather. Corks pop. Charcuterie emerges. Stories are told. Laughter rings out. Old vintages turn up. More corks are pulled. More food. Moderation takes a back seat. More laughter. Cheese. Sleep. And that’s what this Morgon—beyond its sweet, earthy fruit and sensuous, velvety texture—is all about.
—Anthony Lynch
Wine Type: | red |
Vintage: | 2021 |
Bottle Size: | 750mL |
Blend: | Gamay |
Appellation: | Morgon |
Country: | France |
Region: | Beaujolais |
Producer: | Jean Foillard |
Winemaker: | Jean Foillard |
Vineyard: | 80 years; 8.6 ha total |
Soil: | Sandy granite |
Farming: | Organic (certified) |
Alcohol: | 12% |
More from this Producer or Region
![2022 Vin de France <em>Blanc</em> “Perle de Gamay” Nicole Chanrion](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-Vin-de-France-emBlancem-Perle-de-Gamay-product-image-8857-medium.jpg)
2022 Vin de France Blanc “Perle de Gamay”
France | Beaujolais
Notes of stones, pear, and citrus... Enjoy as a refreshing, mineral apéritif or alongside your favorite fresh seafood.
![2022 Chiroubles “Cuvée Léa” Guy Breton](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-Chiroubles-Cuve-La-product-image-8489-medium.jpg)
2022 Chiroubles “Cuvée Léa”
France | Beaujolais
Floral and succulent, bursting with notes of little red berries, but it is also delicate and light on its feet.
![2021 Morgon “Eponym” Jean Foillard](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2021-Morgon-Eponym-product-image-7160-medium.jpg)
2021 Morgon “Eponym”
France | Beaujolais
This cuvée shares the satin texture of all Foillard Morgons, and should age similarly well for those willing and able to wait.
![2021 Côte de Brouilly “Cuvée Zaccharie” Château Thivin](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2021-Cte-de-Brouilly-Cuve-Zaccharie-product-image-6695-medium.jpg)
2021 Côte de Brouilly “Cuvée Zaccharie”
France | Beaujolais
Give the wine a moment to open and you’ll find it unwind, silky and lush with the familiar whispers of juicy blackberries and a bit of hibiscus.
![2021 Beaujolais <em>Blanc</em> “Terrain Rouge” Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2021-Beaujolais-Blanc-Terrain-Rouge-product-image-6371-medium.jpg)
2021 Beaujolais Blanc “Terrain Rouge”
France | Beaujolais
Charly Thévenet and his father, Jean Paul, now bottle a range of five different wines in their cellars in Villié-Morgon
![2023 Beaujolais-Villages “Cuvée Marylou” Guy Breton](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2023-BeaujolaisVillages-Cuve-Marylou-product-image-9294-medium.jpg)
2023 Beaujolais-Villages “Cuvée Marylou”
France | Beaujolais
French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan says nostalgia is the longing for a past that never was. But, hand to god, this year's Cuvee Marylou tastes just like the raspberry thumbprint cookies my mother used to make for Christmas.
![2022 Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette” Foillard, Jean](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-Morgon-Cuve-Corcelette-product-image-9368-medium.jpg)
2022 Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette”
France | Beaujolais
Sweet, earthy fruit and sensuous, velvety texture.
![2022 Fleurie Jean Foillard](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-Fleurie-product-image-9366-medium.jpg)
2022 Fleurie
France | Beaujolais
Light and living, charged with herbs, cranberry, and strawberry.
![2022 Beaujolais-Villages Jean Foillard](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-BeaujolaisVillages-product-image-9325-medium.jpg)
2022 Beaujolais-Villages
France | Beaujolais
Silky and seductive, with notes of rose petals, red berries, and stones.
![2022 Morgon “Côte du Py” Foillard, Jean](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/products/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-2022-Morgon-Cte-du-Py-product-image-9369-medium.jpg)
2022 Morgon “Côte du Py”
France | Beaujolais
Serious minerality, with earthy stone and plum notes.
About The Producer
Jean Foillard
About The Region
Beaujolais
After years of the region’s reputation being co-opted by mass-produced Beaujolais Nouveau and the prevalence of industrial farming, the fortunes of vignerons from the Beaujolais have been on the rise in the past couple of decades. Much of this change is due to Jules Chauvet, a prominent Beaujolais producer who Kermit worked with in the 1980s and arguably the father of the natural wine movement, who advocated not using herbicides or pesticides in vineyards, not chaptalizing, fermenting with ambient yeasts, and vinifying without SO2. Chief among Chauvet’s followers was Marcel Lapierre and his three friends, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton, and Jean-Paul Thévenet—a group of Morgon producers who Kermit dubbed “the Gang of Four.” The espousal of Chauvet’s methods led to a dramatic change in quality of wines from Beaujolais and with that an increased interest and appreciation for the AOC crus, Villages, and regular Beaujolais bottlings.
The crus of Beaujolais are interpreted through the Gamay grape and each illuminate the variety of great terroirs available in the region. Distinguishing itself from the clay and limestone of Burgundy, Beaujolais soils are predominantly decomposed granite, with pockets of blue volcanic rock. The primary vinification method is carbonic maceration, where grapes are not crushed, but instead whole clusters are placed in a tank, thus allowing fermentation to take place inside each grape berry.
Much like the easy-going and friendly nature of many Beaujolais vignerons, the wines too have a lively and easy-drinking spirit. They are versatile at table but make particularly good matches with the local pork sausages and charcuterie. Though often considered a wine that must be drunk young, many of the top crus offer great aging potential.
More from Beaujolais or France
2020 Brouilly
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais
2022 Régnié “En Voiture Simone”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2017 Côte-de-Brouilly
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais
2022 Côte-de-Brouilly
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais
2022 Morgon “Vieilles Vignes”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2021 Beaujolais-Villages
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais
2021 Régnié “Grain & Granit”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2022 Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette”
Foillard, Jean France | Beaujolais
2021 Morgon “Eponym”
Jean Foillard France | Beaujolais
2022 Beaujolais Rosé
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
2023 Beaujolais “Le Beaujolais”
M. & C. Lapierre France | Beaujolais
2023 Beaujolais Blanc
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
2020 Brouilly
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais
2022 Régnié “En Voiture Simone”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2017 Côte-de-Brouilly
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais
2022 Côte-de-Brouilly
Nicole Chanrion France | Beaujolais
2022 Morgon “Vieilles Vignes”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2021 Beaujolais-Villages
Alex Foillard France | Beaujolais
2021 Régnié “Grain & Granit”
Jean-Paul et Charly Thévenet France | Beaujolais
2022 Morgon “Cuvée Corcelette”
Foillard, Jean France | Beaujolais
2021 Morgon “Eponym”
Jean Foillard France | Beaujolais
2022 Beaujolais Rosé
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
2023 Beaujolais “Le Beaujolais”
M. & C. Lapierre France | Beaujolais
2023 Beaujolais Blanc
Domaine Dupeuble France | Beaujolais
Kermit once said...
![Kermit inspecting wine barrels](http://s3.amazonaws.com/efcheckout/kermitlynch/content/Kermit-Lynch-Wine-Merchant-Kermit-once-said-image_img_1-13428-medium.jpeg)
Kermit once said...
For the wines that I buy I insist that the winemaker leave them whole, intact. I go into the cellars now and select specific barrels or cuvées, and I request that they be bottled without stripping them with filters or other devices. This means that many of our wines will arrive with a smudge of sediment and will throw a more important deposit as time goes by, It also means the wine will taste better.