2022 Michel Gahier Arbois Trousseau Les Grand Vergers

WINEMAKER: Michel Gahier
REGION: Jura, FR
VARIETY: Trousseau
VITICULTURE: Organic

"Les Grand Vergers is made from Trousseau planted more than 80 years ago in a vineyard just behind Michel’s cellar and house. It is a wine that somehow combines intensity and concentration with a lightness that is almost mystifying. If you are a follower of the great Trousseaus that come from this village you are likely to know of Jacques Puffeney’s legendary cuvée Les Bérangères and Les Grands Vergers abuts Les Bérangères" - Living Wines

Michel Gahier lives in the centre of the village of Montigny-les-Arsures which lies near the central town of Arbois. The reason this is significant is that Montigny is regarded as the finest terroir for the Trousseau grape in the Jura. When we first tasted his wines we were very excited by their purity and their minerality. Michel is a quiet but talented vigneron who tends his vines meticulously and watches carefully over his wines as they are maturing. He likes to make his wine using the traditional techniques of the Jura. Michel tends 6 hectares of vines of which 3 hectares are given over to Trousseau and the remainder is split between Chardonnay and Savagnin.