2020 Domaine de la Touraize Arbois La Cabane

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

Ploussard from lieu-dits La Touraize and Curoulet. The vines are 30-50 years old and grow on grey marl. The grapes are de-stemmed carefully by hand, and then placed in a tank and filled with CO2. Macerated for 10 days, wetting the cap every 2-3 days, but without punching down. The grapes are pressed and the juice is blended with the free run wine. After malo in tank, the wine is transferred to old foudre, where it ages for 7 months. Not fined or filtered. 1mg/L SO2 before bottling.

"Nice light red colour. Beautiful clean nose, with a myriad of aromas. Roses, spice, blueberries, cherries, cocoa and salt – all with a certain depth. Clean, no funk. In the mouth it is silky, with substantial mid palate for a light wine. Lots of detail, spice and very fine tannin on the finish. So delicious to drink. A very well made Ploussard - no glou glou here. It’s solid and stable, and a dream to drink. Serve slightly chilled."

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.