Côtes du Jura
Côtes du Jura
Domaine Buronfosse 2020 Marcus Térentius Varro Chardonnay
French White
Chardonnay comes from a 0.3-hectare vineyard on a limestone plateau at the base of Rotalier Mountain in Jura. The vines grow in a cool mountain setting. Maturation lasts about nine months in neutral barrels. The estate's white wines are kept topped up rather than aged oxidatively, and the growers favour a fresh style. The property covers four hectares in Rotalier.
Domaine Buronfosse 2019 L’Hôpital Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
This red is made from Trousseau under the Côtes du Jura appellation. The estate is located in the Combe de Rotalier and covers about five hectares. Its vineyard has been farmed organically, while cellar work follows a low-intervention approach with minimal technical intervention and few oenological products. Peggy and Jean-Pascal Buronfosse began producing wine there at the turn of the millennium.
Domaine des Carlines 2020 La Vouivre Côtes du Jura
French White
Meyer lemon, apple cider and yellow pear appear with candied ginger and spiced walnut. Ripe white fruit, fine spice, salted almond and light oxidative notes are also present. The palate is dense and mineral, with richness and a long finish. The blend is seventy percent Chardonnay and thirty percent Savagnin, naturally fermented and matured in used 225-litre Burgundy barrels, with a small portion raised under flor.
Domaine Jean Bourdy 2020 Cuvée Chloé Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
Whole bunches with stems macerate in stainless steel for ten days with daily pigeage. The wine remains in stainless steel for six months before bottling and receives a light filtration. Wild raspberry, cherry and pomegranate appear on a lightly hazy, crunchy and textural palate. Fine, grippy tannins accompany a gently spiced, saline finish with a stony character.
Domaine Rijckaert 2019 Les Sarres Savagnin Côtes du Jura
French White
Savagnin comes from the Les Sarres site at Buvilly, where the vines face east on grey marl with gryphaea from the lower Bajocian, Lias and Triassic. The wine has body and depth. Vineyard and cellar work includes restricted yields, hand harvesting, slow pressing, indigenous yeasts and long maturation. This Jura terroir is well suited to Savagnin.
Domaine Bourdy 2020 Cuvée d’Automne Côtes du Jura Rouge
French Red
Pinot Noir, Trousseau and Poulsard form the red blend. The vineyard parcel covers 0.13 hectares, with clay and limestone soils. Farming is organic and harvest is by hand. Spontaneous fermentation takes place in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts. Maturation is also in stainless steel. The wine is bottled without fining or filtration and with no added sulphur dioxide.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2021 Les Molates Savagnin Côtes du Jura
French White
White flowers, fresh herbs, parsley, eucalyptus and cut grass appear with coriander seed, toasted sesame and wasabi. The palate includes Granny Smith apple, spiced pear, rhubarb and marinated plum, with lively acidity and an energetic finish. Savagnin grows on white Lias marl. Fermentation uses indigenous yeast without added sulphur, and maturation lasts one year, mainly in foudres. Serve at 12°C.
Domaine Jean Bourdy 2020 Côtes du Jura Rouge
French Red
Trousseau, Poulsard and Pinot Noir are co-fermented. The wine spends two years in large French oak. Alpine bramble, dark cherry and red plum appear with Asian spice, damp earth, dried flowers and game. The profile is tangy, lightly oaked and medium-bodied, with high acidity, medium tannins and low sweetness. The finish is dry. Wild yeast is used.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2021 Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
Trousseau grows on marl and limestone in the Jura. Whole clusters ferment with about fifteen days of maceration, and the wine spends ten months in oak foudres. The profile is richly aromatic and structured, with a generous texture, mineral balance and marked tannins. The vineyard is certified Organic, with grassed rows and worked soils, and the wine contains eleven percent alcohol.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2020 Savagnin Aux Bois Côtes du Jura
French White
Citrus and dried-fruit notes appear with mineral character, freshness and intensity. Savagnin is the sole grape, drawn from vines averaging about sixty years old. The fruit is hand-harvested and directly pressed, with spontaneous fermentation by indigenous yeasts. The wine spends two years in 228-litre barrels and is bottled without fining or filtration. The wine is organic and contains thirteen percent alcohol.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Chardonnay En Quatre Vis Côtes du Jura
French White
Chardonnay comes from vines about forty-five years old on marl soils. The certified-organic vineyard also uses biodynamic practices. Grapes are harvested by hand with selection, then undergo alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in 500-litre demi-muids with indigenous yeasts. The wine remains in demi-muids for twelve months and receives very little sulphur at bottling. It is a still white with twelve and a half percent alcohol.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Empreinte Sous Voile
French White
Fresh walnut, curry and dried apple appear in the aromas. The palate is firm and taut, with salinity and oxidative complexity. The finish is very long. Chardonnay grows on pink and grey Lias marl at Sainte-Agnès. The grapes are pressed directly into neutral barrels; one fifth of each barrel is left empty to encourage flor. Ageing under flor lasts thirty-four months. Alcohol is 14.5 percent.
Domaine Jean Bourdy 2020 Côtes du Jura Blanc Chardonnay
French White
Golden colour accompanies fruit, sherry-like notes, yeast, Indian spice and umami. Herbs add an incense-like detail. Nuttiness, ripe pear, baked apple, briny minerality and lively acidity are also present. Made entirely from Chardonnay, the dry white comes from clay-limestone soils and grey marl. Biodynamic vineyard work is certified by Demeter. It may be opened several hours before service.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Chardonnay En Levrette
French White
Pale yellow with golden highlights, showing citrus, green apple and flint. Taut and mineral, the Chardonnay has vivid acidity, fine texture, lemon, chalk and a long saline finish. Vines in the Vincelles plot grow on limestone and gryphées within the Côtes du Jura. Grapes are pressed directly into small neutral oak, then spend eleven months on lees.