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The golden-colored 2020 Crémant du Jura Blanc de Noir comes from a massal selection of Pinot Noir on clay soils. There is more bitterness here, more vinous character. It has a copper color and an intense nose, pungent and dry. From now on this, will also be a vintage blend, not a single-vintage wine. Drink Date: 2024 – 2028 Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

Grape: 100% Pinot Noir - 25 years-old vines in average
Soils: 60% of clay of the Triassic era, 40% Limestone scree slopes
Farming: Vines farmed with no use of herbicides or phytosanitary products. Use of sulfites and copper as well as plant infusions. Organic compost made at the estate. Traditional working of the soil. Manual harvesting in small cases. Strict sorting on a sorting table. Certified organic Ecocert and Biodynamic Demeter.
Winemaking:  Alcoholic fermentation of the base wine in old French oak barrels followed by 3 month of ageing on lees. In January, base wine is bottled for the “prise de mousse” or second fermentation in bottle. Ageing “Sur lattes” with lees in bottle during 13 months. Unfined, Unfiltered and contain “0” added SO2. “0” dosage – Extra Brut. Only 500 cases production.

I arranged to meet the hyperactive and fun Stéphane Tissot to taste through the wide portfolio of Jura wines. A visit there always starts in the vineyards, where he talks about the geology of Jura, about the diversity of soils, the limestone and the Liassic and Triassic clays and marls, and how they were created. He could talk about Lias and Trias all day long when tasting the different wines.

They now have around 52 hectares of vineyards and 40 full-time employees. In July 2024, there was a lot of rain and they have a lot of vines, so they had 34 people in the vineyards because of all the mildew and the need to spray. They had one person for each 1.2 hectares of vines. All the wines are certified organic and biodynamic. Published: Aug 08, 2024