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Region: Jura
Appellation: Côtes du Jura AOP
Grapes: 100% Savagnin (sourced from Marc Lacroix and Anne Cécile Daubigney of Maison des Saules)
Average Vine Age: 10 years old
Altitude: 1,050 feet (320m)
Soils/Terroir: From a 4ha vineyard located 23 miles Southwest of Arbois, near the village of Villeneuve-sous-Pymont. The vines are exposed West on gray marl soils.
Farming: Organic
Harvest: Hand harvested
Yield: 20 hl/ha
Winemaking: The grapes were manually pressed using an old basket press, with the press cycle taking up to 24 hours to complete. The juice was given 1 night of settling in stainless-steel tanks, before racking off the gross lees into used oak barrels of 228L. Fermentation began spontaneously using only the naturally occurring indigenous yeasts. No stirring of the fine lees (battonage) and the wine completed malolactic fermentation. No sulfur additions were made during the vinification of this wine.
Maturation: Aged 18 months in used oak barrels of 228L. Bottled without fining or filtration.
pH: 3.15
Total SO2: <20ppm
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