Description
Finally! Vin Jaune in the assortment. We had to wait a while for it. The wine of the Jura. Good yellow color, nutty, honey and something meaty in the aftertaste. As vin jaune should be. Balanced and soft with a very soft bitterness, a piece of Comté added and nothing more to it.
Eric Thill originally comes from Alsace, where his family makes wine on the Schlossberg. After studying in Dijon, he moved with his wife Bérengère to the Haut-Rhin (Jura) in 2007, just 45 kilometres below Arbois, and bought a 2.76-hectare estate there. They built both the vineyard and the cellar themselves. The estate has been certified organic since 2015 and the 5.8 hectares are now biodynamically cultivated. Eric prefers wines from a single grape variety. The land therefore consists of more than 50% Chardonnay grapes, with a few vines where Savagnin, Pinot Noir and Poulsard are grown. His vines are all located on the west and have an average age of 50 years. Only 25 hl/ha.
- Country / Region: France / Jura
- Grape variety: 100% Savagnin
- In the vineyard: hand harvest and organically grown. Terroir consisting of grey marl from the Lias. Vines approx. 50 years old.
- In the cellar: Soft pressing, spontaneous fermentation. Maturation for 6 years in open barrels of old wood that are not refilled, causing a large part of the wine to evaporate. No batonnage. The layer of yeast cells on the wine protects and gives the characteristic flavor profile to the wine. Without addition of sulfite
- Quality mark: Demeter & Ecocert
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