Vin Jaune 2016

Name: Vin Jaune 2016
Brand: Domaine de la Renardière
SKU: domainedelarenardiere-pupillinvinjaunearboispupillin-2016-15%-620ml
Price: 125.00 SGD
Availability: InStock

$125.00

Jura, France · White Wine · Medium Bodied

Vin jaune is the Jura's great act of patience. Savagnin goes into barrel and is left there without topping up for six years and three months, while a veil of yeast forms across the surface and slowly rebuilds the wine underneath it. What comes out is bottled in a clavelin, the squat 620ml bottle that holds what remains of a litre after all those years of evaporation. Jean-Michel and Laurence Petit have farmed organically at Arbois-Pupillin since 2010, certified from 2012. Theirs delivers everything the style promises: curry spice, roasted walnut, dried apple and a saline, almost briny depth, with a finish that carries on well past the point most wines have given up. Open it hours ahead. It will not tire.

Pairing Suggestions

Six years and three months under the veil, and it will wait longer still.
Its nutty depth was made for coconut and candlenut: opor ayam, or a mild gulai.
Or chicken with morels, which is the Jura's own answer and hard to improve on.

About Domaine de la Renardière

The village of Pupillin plays host to Domaine de la Renardière, where Jean-Michel Petit quietly crafts some of Jura’s finest wines. Since establishing the domaine in 1990, Jean-Michel has built his 7.5 hectares into a haven for both red and white varietals, with a lineup of equal parts red (Pinot Noir, Poulsard, Trousseau) and white (mostly Chardonnay with a bit of Savagnin). Jean-Michel has been farming organically since 2003, earning full certification in 2012 - an important commitment to the vineyard. In the cellar, he keeps things rooted in tradition: native yeasts kickstart fermentation and sulfur is only used sparingly when needed, and élevage takes place in a mix of foudres for reds and a blend of older barriques and foudres for whites. The result? Wines that are vibrant, soulful, and unmistakably Jura.

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