Producer: Ratapoil
Grape: Trousseau, Poulsard
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: Marl, Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: This is Raphael's top cuvee made from 90% Trousseau and 10% Poulsard grown in the limestone and grey marl of the famed Corvées vineyard in Arbois. It's wild and intense with a plethora of savoury aromas overlaid with concentrated dark fruit and a firm mineral backbone. This is tasting amazing now but will also reward a few years in the cellar.

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Poulsard 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 11.5%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Limestone
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Tôt ou Tard is 100% Poulsard planted in clay soils from a locality within the AOC of Arbois called La Mulatière. The grapes are destemmed by hand in vats where they are allowed to ferment naturally and subjected to a three-week maceration, after which they are pressed in 600-liter barrels (demi-muids). They are bottled without the addition of SO2 and rested for six months in the bottle before being put on the market.

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Savagnin 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: It comes dressed as a Grand Burgundy. Whether it is the productive style or a unique juiciness, this great white ouillé is truly a thoroughbred. Vinified in 600 liter tonneaux, it is neither filtered nor clarified, undergoes a very light pressing and is processed in total absence of sulfur dioxide. 100% Savagnin of great delicacy: fruit, freshness, delicate notes of white flowers. The whole is carried by a tension and a long mouth. A superb natural juice that proves once again the talent of Jean-Baptiste Ménigoz, a great winemaker from the Jura!

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Chardonnay 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: Yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Lively and spicy white wine with a mineral and saffron taste. For Leon, the vines are planted in clay-heavy soils and the grapes are usually harvested at the end of September. Direct press into 3,000L foudre for alcoholic and malolactic fermentation before racking into smaller, 440L neutral oak barrels. Jean-Baptiste concludes that this is an incredibly age-worthy white wine.

Producer: Ratapoil
Grape: Trousseau, Ploussard 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 12%

Aging in wood: No
Soil: 0
Added S02: No

Funkiness: Mild

Tasting Notes: Opening this wine reveals an indulgent and light bouquet thanks to the delicious notes of little red fruits. The palate is at once fresh and flavoursome, notably fruity.

Producer: Ratapoil
Grape: Pinot Noir 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 12,5%

Aging in wood: yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: complex, elegant with great lenght

Producer: Ratapoil
Grape: Trousseau 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

Aging in wood: yes
Soil: Clay
Added S02: No

Funkyness: Funky

Tasting Notes: Fancy, dancy, disco drink! Generate fun and aliveness