Nutty, Apple, Spice
Jura / Oxidative / Savagnin / Organic
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Farming |
Organic |
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Producer |
Domaine Marie-Pierre Chevsasu |
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Grape |
Savagnin |
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Wine Type |
Oxidative |
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Country |
France |
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Region |
Chateau Chalon AOC, Jura |
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Vintage |
2014 |
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Alcohol |
14.5% |
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Size |
75cl |
This is the most idiosyncratic style of wine from the Jura and is definitely marmite for some people. Oxidative, nutty, bruised apple and spice this wine is alluring and well made.
*If you haven't tried Vin Jaune before and are a lover of wines made under flor like Fino/Manzanilla/Amontillado etc then you should really give this a go.*
Notes on the producer
Les Granges-Bernard is a wonderful old Jurassien farm surrounded by pastures on the plateau behind Menétru, and it is here that Marie-Pierre Chevassu-Fassenet was brought up with her three sisters. Her mother Marie came from a family of vignerons and her father Denis farmed mainly cows. He took on some vineyards in the 1980s and, as all his daughters enjoyed helping, he expanded the business and started making and selling wine. Marie-Pierre chose a career in wine and after wine studies in Beaune and an oenology degree at Dijon she worked in New Zealand, Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Champagne before returning to work in the Jura for several years as cellar manager at La Maison du Vigneron [the largest négociant in the Jura]. She took over the wine estate in 2008, whilst one of her sisters runs the farm.
