Michel Gahier Cremant du Jura Blanc 2022 JULY4 local sugar cane aguardiente that

local sugar cane aguardiente that is sweetened with piloncillo or honey

One of the undiscovered jewels of Montalcino

and it's one of the sites that convinced the Racines team - Burgundy's Etienne de Montille and Brian Sieve

all Chardonnay

Nicolas Rossignol farms it with vines that are around eighty years old

Michel Gahier Cremant du Jura Blanc 2022 JULY4 local sugar cane aguardiente thatNatural sparkling wine with zero dosage and zero sulfurradical even by Jura's standards. Michel Gahier (family in Montigny ls Arsures since 1525) produces this Crmant from 100% Chardonnay (the local 'Melon Queue Rouge' clone) grown on a 1. 2 hectare plot of gravel and limestone in Cramans, eight kilometers from his home. Traditional method, 24 months on lees, low yields (45 hl ha). No sulfur added at any stagea commitment few sparkling wine producers