Domaine Jean Foillard

The family-owned estate is masterfully managed by Jean Foillard, a true authority on Beaujolais within the Morgon appellation. The vineyard spans approximately 8 hectares of vines situated on the famous Côte-du-Py, with a terroir of weathered granitic schist characteristic of the cru. 
Jean Foillard has always been a staunch advocate of honest cultivation and winemaking methods, producing natural, precise wines—free of frills—made from very ripe grapes. The vineyard has been cultivated according to organic farming principles for 25 years; harvests are done by hand, and fermentation takes place over 2 to 3 weeks at low temperatures without the addition of yeast, using whole clusters. Jean Foillard is now among the elite of the Beaujolais region, producing wines of exemplary smoothness and precision that are universally acclaimed.

Since 2001, the estate has sold all its grapes to SAS Foillard, a winemaking and distribution company. At the same time, a wine merchant operation was established for certain cuvées, such as “Eponym’” and “Elles,” whose grapes do not come from the estate but from a winegrower with whom the estate has a partnership based on a cultivation charter.