2018 Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Vin Jaune, Jura, France 620ml Giacomo Conterno average ageing in bottle: 4

average ageing in bottle: 4 years

The Chardonnay here comes from a tiny parcal called “Les Monts Ferrés”

Maestro Mezcalero Onofre Ortíz Ortíz

It is fermented in a combination of tapered vats and demi-muids and pressed by foot

He has tiny plots of Pinot Noir and Altesse and a good portion of Jacquère as well

2018 Domaine des Marnes Blanches, Vin Jaune, Jura, France 620ml Giacomo Conterno average ageing in bottle: 4Savagnin (60%) and Chardonnay (40%) harvested mid October and crushed directly into barrel without racking or settling. The vines were planted in 1958. The wine is vinified in a separate cellar more conducive to biological ageing. No SO2 is used during levage to keep the yeast healthy. The barrels are never topped. After 84 months, the wine is racked off and bottled in traditional clavelin without fining or filtration. No SO2 was added. Bottled in