Wine

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Savagnin 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 13%

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

Funkyness: Mild

Tasting Notes: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 wine that proves once again the talent of Jean-Baptiste Ménigoz, a great winemaker from the Jura!

Producer: Domaine des Bodines
Grape: Savagnin
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2017
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Côtes des Jura
Alcohol: 14.4%

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

Funkyness: mild

Tasting Notes: Single parcel of vines in Poligny.
Direct press. Natural settling for a night, than barrel for 3 years, of which the first 2 with "ouillage". Rich, nutty and very, very deep. Oxidised salty fruits and alive acidity.Mineral with hints of oxidative character. Very promising ageing potential.

Producer: Domaine des Bodines
Grape: Pinot Noir
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2018
Country: France
Region: Jura
Subregion: Arbois
Alcohol: 12%

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

Funkyness: mild

Tasting Notes: Notes of blackcurrant, cherry, strawberry and spices.
Earthy and dense. Tipically arbois freshness.

Producer: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Chardonnay 
Color: White
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2020
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: Les Bottes Rouges
Grape: Poulsard 
Color: Red
Sparkling: -
Vintage: 2021
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: 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