2018 Domaine de la Touraize Arbois Les Corvées

WINEMAKER: André-Jean Morin
REGION: Jura, FR
VARIETAL: Trousseau
VITICULTURE: Organic

Trousseau from Les Corvées vineyard, with vines aged between 20-45 years old. The soils here are gravel on marl. De-stemmed by hand, then placed in a tank and filled with CO2. Gentle maceration for 30 days in tank. Transferred to old 3,000L foudre and aged for 18 months. Not fined or filtered. 1mg/L SO2 before bottling.

"Deep nose of salt, bramble and wild berries. Dark red roses underneath, with black cherries. To drink it is supple and medium in weight. While a more solid expression of Trousseau, it is lighter than previous years. Sweet fruit, savoury and spice, all perfectly wrapped up and framed by fine tannic structure. No glou glou, just a well-made wine – and a great expression of the variety. Medium acidity and tension, but so much detail and mid palate stuffing – without being heavy. Perfect overall balance, and looking really smart thanks to some extra time in bottle."

Since 2010, A-J and Héléana have slowly converted all the vineyards to organic (completed in 2017, and they will obtain certification in 2019), and in Autumn of 2017, they also began experimenting with biodynamics, and are now currently in conversion as well. In the cellar A-J works with indigenous yeasts and without additives - with the exception of a small amount of sulfites. Élevage is either in stainless steel, old barriques of various sizes, or extremely old large Alsatian foudre (some over 100 years old). A-J is meticulously clean in the cellar, and this shows in the wines – they are of extremely high calibre, faultless, and can stay open for days without any issue. They are pure wines that truly express their terroir, and for me are some of the best wines coming out of the Jura.