$112.00
This is one of our favourite Jura wines. The grapes are sourced from the La Fauquette vineyard close to Michel’s house. This is a ‘sous voile’ wine made from the mutant grape found only in the Jura called Melon le Queue Rouge. The oxygen that does penetrate the veil causes it to develop an exciting nutty spiciness that is incredibly appealing.
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Michel lives in Montigny-lès-Arsures which is the self-claimed “world capital of Trousseau”, just a few kilometres from Arbois. His first “official’ vintage was in 1989 but his family has been in Montigny-lès-Arsures for hundreds of years. His father was a mixed farmer, including farming cows for milk for making comté, and the farm includes 2 hectares of vines. Michel now has almost 7 hectares, in many different parcels but all no more than a few kilometres from his house and cellar.
All of his red wines are made from Trousseau. His whites are a mix of Chardonnay and Melon à Queue Rouge, a variant of Chardonnay found in the Jura which Michel says is more likely to form a yeast veil than more classic Chardonnay vines. (The Melon à Queue Rouge has a quite distinctive stalk when it ripens, hence the name – queue rouge literally translates as “red tail”.)
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