Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano Renato Corino farms his share

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

with layers of anise

earthy undertones of tobacco

complemented by floral aromas of violets and rose petals

Jean Foillard, Fleurie, 2015 SO121523_Cappellano Renato Corino farms his shareIf 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