Domaine Jean Foillard Morgon "Cote du Py" red 2019

Merchant's answer

Hello Sir, we're sorry this wine isn't to your liking at the moment. We didn't find, during our tasting, the flaws you felt, but we're all different, with our own tolerance thresholds to bitterness, etc., and we're not all the same. One thing's for sure: Jean Foillard's wines, with very little or no sulfites, are sometimes slightly different from one bottle to the next, and we hope you've simply stumbled across an isolated case. Sometimes all it takes is a few minutes' aeration in a decanter for the wine to "breathe" and regain the oxygen it needed to "open up", and which it had been deliberately deprived of during vinification in order to avoid the use of preservatives such as sulfites (this could explain the drying finish you reproach it with, even if your 1st feeling is certainly the right one: the wine may simply be too young for your taste, 2019 being a warm and more concentrated year than other recent vintages). In short, we're fairly certain that you won't be disappointed by the next bottles you decant beforehand (if possible for a good hour), and especially if you open them in a few years' time, as Côte du Py is a Morgon climate particularly renowned for its good ageing potential, especially in 2019! In any case, we remain at your disposal by telephone or email to resolve any problems you may encounter with the wines you buy from us, as the winemakers are systematically kept informed of any problems a bottle from them may encounter... it can always happen, wine is an artisanal, agricultural production, not an industrial one. Best regards, Tristan Depauw