2020 Domaine des Cavarodes Arbois Trousseau de Messagelin
WINEMAKER: Etienne Thiebaud
REGION: Jura, FR
VARIETAL: Trousseau
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic
Another beautiful Trousseau from very old vines in the Messagelin vineyard in the commune of Arbois close to the village of Montigny les Arsures where iron rich, red marl soils add to the complexity of the wines produced from this vineyard. Coincidentally, this vineyard is right next to the Vigne de Louis vineyard of Michel Gahier who we also import. It was bottled without being fined or filtered and no sulphites were added at any stage.
Etienne Thiebaud commenced making his own wine at Domaine des Cavarodes in the village of Cramans in the northern part of the Jura in 2007. He makes wines of amazing purity which reflect the terroir from which they come on either side of the Loue River and across to Arbois. He only has 4.5 hectares of vines (ranging in age from 15 to 115 years old) which he farms organically but produces many cuvees from these small holdings. The wines are made as naturally as possible with the reds undergoing semi-carbonic maceration following careful de-stemming and maturation in old barrels. Key vineyards are Lumachelles which is in the commune of Mouchard just north of Arbois (where he has Chardonnay and Trousseau), Guille Bouton in Arbois (where he has Chardonnay) and Les Messagelins which is also in Arbois (where he has Trousseau).