Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano This is a Chenin Blanc

This is a Chenin Blanc built for aging

complemented by floral aromas of violets and rose petals

earthy undertones of tobacco

Renato Corino farms his share of these old family vines with classical patience: long macerations

this Le Gramolere has developed the ethereal complexity that only patient cellaring can achieve

Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano This is a Chenin BlancIf you remember your first taste of Foillard, you remember the thrill of a living, no makeup Beaujolais. Jean Foillard, one of Kermit Lynch's original "Gang of Four," makes his Fleurie from old vine Gamay on pink granite, fermented semi carbonically with native yeast and almost no sulfur. The 2015 came from a warm, ripe, generous vintage, so this is the lusher, more fruit forward side of his Fleurie. A few years of bottle age have rounded it into a