Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Savagnin Les Molates 2023 bis-hidden Native-yeast ferment

Native-yeast ferment

Ameztoi blends the indigenous Hondarrabi Zuri and Hondarrabi Beltza grown on cliffside trellises above the Bay of Biscay

and unlike anything else you can buy from the state

and notoriously hard-to-find Chenin Blanc and Syrah

classified Erste Lage

Domaine des Marnes Blanches Cotes du Jura Savagnin Les Molates 2023 bis-hidden Native-yeast fermentSavagnin without the sherry act. Most drinkers meet the Jura's signature white grape in its oxidative, sous voile form nutty, briny, an acquired taste. Les Molates is the opposite: Marnes Blanches raises it ouille, topping up the barrels for 22 months so oxygen never gets a foothold, and what comes out is a bright, high tension white full of pear, citrus and a salty snap. Pauline and Geraud Fromont farm organically and keep the cellar hands off, and