2020 Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py

Community Tasting Notes (80) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  4/21/2024 - SlapTheBag wrote:

  This wine was not as big and ripe as I would have expected for a 2020 vintage, relative to a 2020 Clos de la Roilette we had recently.
  
  Got red fruit and charcoal on the nose with some smoke. Palate was an explosion of citrus with lots of smoke. The wine is obviously still young and has not put on lots of complexity, but it's an excellent wine.

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  4/20/2024 - anthroman wrote:

  Drank after about 2 hours of air. Lots of red fruits, strawberries, raspberry liqueur, florals, and gravel. Vibrant, tangy, and juicy dark red fruits in the palate with savory minerality coming through on the back end. Just as nice as my first bottle; will plan to give my others a little more age before diving back in.

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  4/11/2024 - paintinginacave wrote: 92 Points

  Opened four hours in advance. Drank a small glass. A deep ruby core fading to a medium ruby outer edge. There’s a wild, raw, slightly untamed edge to the dark fruit and berries that are beautifully laced with a wonderfully perfumed scent of fresh violets. A stark yet alluring contrast from a stunning wine.

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  3/10/2024 - alanr wrote: 92 Points

  Dark in color, in a 2020 vintage where many other Beaujolais I’ve had have been pretty saturated, sometimes overblown, this feels amazingly classic. A lovely nose, some nice spices, maybe a hint of bubblegum but not to distraction; the palate is controlled, with lively, fresh, crisp dark fruit, the spice is here as well, reminds me a bit of the 2016, and probably my favorite since the 2014 vintage.
  
  Next night: just a little juicier, but so flavorful, well balanced, plain tasty. Still my favorite since the 2016 vintage.

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  3/4/2024 - Peter Spijker Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The most serious Beaujolais I have tried. Dark cherry in spades, some roses, earth, very young (this needs a few more years!).

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