Jura
Jura
Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot NV Crémant du Jura Magnum
French Sparkling
$139.99
Baked apple and tangy yellow fruit open with hints of fennel, ginger and fresh herbs. Crisp acidity gives the palate lift, while fine bubbles carry a broad, juicy orchard-fruit core. A light savoury edge and clean mineral tone add definition, leading to a dry, persistent finish that feels energetic, textured and quietly complex.
Domaine Rolet Macvin du Jura Rouge
French Fortified
$38.99
Garnet red in colour, with kirsch-like aromas of sweet cherries and ripe fruit. The palate balances sweetness and alcohol, leaving a gentle fruit sensation on the finish. Poulsard must is combined with old destemmed marc that spent more than six years in oak. The finished Macvin then ages for more than thirty-six months. Serve cool, between six and eight degrees Celsius.
Domaine Jean Bourdy Crémant du Jura NV
French Sparkling
$39.99
Pear, apple, grapefruit and lemon meet delicate floral notes. The palate is lively and fresh, with fine bubbles, a silky texture, mineral character and subtle brioche and yeast. Chardonnay is vinified as a white wine in tank. A second fermentation takes place in bottle, followed by twelve months on the lees and disgorgement with a light dosage.
Domaine Buronfosse 2020 Marcus Térentius Varro Chardonnay
French White
$49.99
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 Rolet Crémant du Jura Blanc Brut NV
French Sparkling
$49.99
Chardonnay makes up half the blend, with Savagnin and a combined portion of Pinot Noir, Trousseau and Poulsard. The grapes are harvested exclusively by hand and pressed as whole bunches. A second fermentation takes place in bottle, followed by at least twelve months on laths. Fine bubbles accompany white fruit, citrus and floral notes, with a lightly saline character and a taut finish.
Domaine de la Tournelle Macvin du Jura Blanc NV
French Fortified
$51.99
Chardonnay juice makes up two thirds of the blend, with one third Jura pomace. The pomace spends three years in cask. The juice settles statically for twelve hours before assembly. The finished blend remains in cask for twenty-four to thirty-six months. Bottling is unfiltered and without sulphur dioxide. Alcohol is seventeen percent, with residual sugar between 180 and 220 grams per litre.
Domaine Buronfosse 2019 L’Hôpital Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
$54.99
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
$59.99
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 Fumey-Chatelain 2023 No Sin Tou Tsefs Arbois
French Red
$61.99
Wild strawberry, raspberry, cherry and redcurrant are present with floral notes, white pepper, dried leaves and wet stone. The palate is light and juicy, with fine tannins and lively acidity. The finish is long, saline and lightly spicy. Pinot Noir, Poulsard and Trousseau receive a short maceration. Maturation lasts ten months in foudres and used barrels.
Domaine Jean Bourdy 2020 Cuvée Chloé Trousseau Côtes du Jura
French Red
$62.99
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
$63.99
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
$64.99
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
$66.99
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 Rolet 2023 Arbois Savagnin Ouillé
French White
$67.99
Peach, pear, citrus and floral notes accompany a fresh, clean profile with saline minerality, volume and a long finish. Savagnin is hand harvested, gently pressed and cold settled. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentations take place in oak casks, with maturation conducted by the ouillé method. The selected vineyards lie in Montigny-lès-Arsures on grey Lias marl. Suggested service is 9 to 11°C.
Domaine de la Touraize 2022 Les Voisines Chardonnay Arbois
French White
$71.99
Textured and crunchy, the Chardonnay carries slight oxidative notes. The vines grow across three hills north of Arbois on gravel over marl, limestone and blue marl. Whole clusters are pressed into vat, then the settled wine is racked into barrel for indigenous fermentation. It ages on fine lees for two winters in oak puncheons and is bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches Macvin du Jura Blanc NV
French Fortified
$74.99
Walnut, dried fruit, prune, spice and wood accompany a supple, rich profile with freshness. The finish is persistent, with caramel and walnut. The blend combines two parts Chardonnay and Savagnin juice with one part old marc. It spends thirty-six months in cask and has seventeen and a half percent alcohol. This is a white vin de liqueur from Jura.
Domaine Jean Bourdy 2020 Côtes du Jura Rouge
French Red
$76.99
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
$78.99
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 de la Touraize 2023 La Cabane Ploussard Arbois
French Red
$79.99
Ploussard comes from the northwest-facing Petit Curoulet vineyard on blue marl. The vineyard is organic and uses biodynamic practices. Bunches are destemmed by hand while maintaining at least eighty percent whole berries. Fermentation begins in stainless steel for about two weeks. Free-run juice is captured and the pomace is gently pressed by hand. The wine finishes fermentation in foudre, is racked off its lees and matures in foudre for twelve months. Spice and pepper accompany a soft, slender profile.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2020 Savagnin Aux Bois Côtes du Jura
French White
$81.99
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
$81.99
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
$117.99
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
$61.99
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 Fumey Chatelain 2022 Brouillé-Ménage Ploussard
French Red
$82.99
Old Ploussard vines grow on marl soils around Montigny-lès-Arsures and Arbois. Maturation takes place for ten months in large oak and stainless steel. The release combines a rich, dense profile with freshness, easy drinking and a confectionery note. The estate works with Jura red varieties including Ploussard, Trousseau and Pinot Noir across marl and limestone soils.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches Crémant du Jura Réserve
French Sparkling
$84.99
Chardonnay from twenty-five-year-old vines rooted in marl and limestone is directly pressed, then ferments and rests through winter in older oak. Bottling in spring begins the traditional second fermentation, followed by thirty to forty-eight months on lees. Dried fruit, brioche and candied citrus accompany a full, fresh palate, fine bubbles and a long, chalky finish. Dosage is below two grams per litre.
Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot 2020 DD Arbois Rouge
French Red
$86.99
Cherry, raspberry and crunchy plum accompany an iron-like mineral note. The texture is tender, with broad tannins. The blend is 40 percent Poulsard, 30 percent Trousseau and 30 percent Pinot Noir. Spontaneous fermentation and a long maceration are followed by three months in very old barrels. The vineyards are farmed biodynamically, and no sulphur is added.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2023 Macération En Quatre Vis
French White
$87.99
Dried fruit, candied citrus and floral notes accompany a textured, almost tannic palate, mineral freshness and a long, vibrant finish. The blend combines 80 percent Savagnin with 20 percent Chardonnay. Whole bunches macerate for twenty-one days, while fermentation begins naturally. Ageing takes place first in amphorae and then in foudres for a total of twenty-two months.
Domaine des Marnes Blanches 2022 Crémant du Jura Réserve
French Sparkling
$69.99
Fine bubbles accompany fresh apple, lemon and brioche. The Chardonnay has freshness, a chalky texture, saline detail and a persistent finish. Fruit comes from twenty-five-year-old vines rooted in Lias marl and limestone near Sainte-Agnès. The site lies in Jura. Traditional-method production includes thirty months of lees ageing and zero dosage. The cuvée is made entirely from Chardonnay.
Domaine Fumey-Chatelain 2023 Arbois Chardonnay
French White
$83.99
Yellow fruit, white flowers and anise appear in a mineral, fresh and elegant profile. The vines grow on clay and limestone, with plantings from the nineteen-fifties and the twenty-tens. The wine is made entirely from Chardonnay. Fermentation is spontaneous with native yeasts in barrels, while maturation lasts twelve months in barrel. This white wine comes from the Jura region of France.
Bénédicte & Stéphane Tissot 2023 Arbois Chardonnay Patchwork
French White
$86.99
Grilled sesame, honey, lemon confit, mineral notes and ripe apple accompany a dry, medium-bodied wine with dominant acidity, generous mouthfeel and balanced wood. White blossom, peach, white pepper and toast add further detail. The Chardonnay comes from several smaller Jura parcels on mixed soils. Fermentation and maturation take place in barrel, and the alcohol level is thirteen and a half percent.