Jura / France

White

Chardonnay

Organic 

13.5 %

Hand harvested from 35yr old vines in the lieu-dit Les Molates, assemblage of different parcels on marl and limestone soils in Gevingey.

 

Vinified and aged in foudres with no bâtonnage for 11 months

 

Bottled unfined and unfiltered

Natives of the Jura, both Pauline and Géraud’s families owned tiny plots and spending time in the vines in their childhood was enough to give them the wine bug. The couple met while studying winemaking in Dijon and created Domaine des Marnes Blanches when they returned to the Jura in 2006. They farmed organically from the word go and have added parcels (some they planted) along the way to reach a total of 12ha today, spread across four villages in the Sud-Revermont.

 

Classic confit lemon flavours and notable bitters on the finish. Intensity, density and length typical of savagnin ouillé. Mineral and focussed with an excellent balance of aromatics.