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

This is a Chenin Blanc built for aging

The 3-liter format allows for slower aging and magnificent bottle evolution

and baking spice rise from the glass

with layers of anise

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