Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Savagnin Ouille 2022 0426JACKSON then aged in new charred

then aged in new charred American oak—like bourbon

The soils are made up of alternating sedimentary rocks of sandstone and limestone marl

though it still carries the mineral intensity and structure that makes this vintage rewarding

sharp and complex is how he describes it

this new wine is matured twice

Fumey-Chatelain Arbois Savagnin Ouille 2022 0426JACKSON then aged in new charredSavagnin is the Jura's signature white, and most people meet it in its oxidative form: aged for years under a veil of yeast until it tastes like sherry's country cousin. This is the other Savagnin. Ouille means topped up the barrels are kept full, no veil ever forms, and the grape shows its raw, unmediated self, which turns out to be electric. Fumey Chatelain grows it on marl soils and ages it a year and a half in barrel, and it arrives with a blade