Vin Jaune 2016 Sous Le Vegetal while the wine’s textural depth

while the wine’s textural depth and clear acidity make it a versatile partner at the table

an open-top fermentation

where they work old plots on limestone

The bubbles finish in the bottle on their own

allowing texture and balance to emerge naturally over time

Vin Jaune 2016 Sous Le Vegetal while the wine’s textural depthVin 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,