Vin Jaune Les Bruyères

Domaine Tissot

A benchmark example of Jura’s iconic Vin Jaune. Savagnin is fermented then aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ouillage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and giving the wine its unique and highly sought character. The result is a powerful, concentrated, complex wine with profound minerality and a much higher acidity than fino sherry, showing characteristic aromas of nuts and dried fruit and bruised apple and aged cheese, with ageing potential north of a century.Tissot was the first to bottle single vineyard Vin Jaune. This indescribably nutty, saline wine comes with a dazzling acid profile that frames this pure expression of vineyard and region — this being Tissot’s prized Bruyères vineyard. This bottling is a rare bird and one of the Jura's most sought-after cuveés each year.

Country:  France

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

Climate:  Cool Continental

Altitude:  250 - 450m

Soils:  Clay & Calcareous

Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in neutral french oak barriques.

Ageing:  Aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ullage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and adding a unique yeast character to the wine. Unfined, unfiltered, vegan.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. Les Bruyères is a south facing plot on clay and blue marl, planted with selection massale, with vines as 45 to 80 years old mixed in with new selected shoots planted at wild densities to generate competition between the vines (while each vine is culled to produce only two or three bunches of grapes for concentration).

ABV:  15.0%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  845934

About the Producer

Bénédicte et Stéphane Tissot


Arbois, Jura, France

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Vin Jaune Les Bruyères
Domaine Tissot

Country:  France

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

A benchmark example of Jura’s iconic Vin Jaune. Savagnin is fermented then aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ouillage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and giving the wine its unique and highly sought character. The result is a powerful, concentrated, complex wine with profound minerality and a much higher acidity than fino sherry, showing characteristic aromas of nuts and dried fruit and bruised apple and aged cheese, with ageing potential north of a century.Tissot was the first to bottle single vineyard Vin Jaune. This indescribably nutty, saline wine comes with a dazzling acid profile that frames this pure expression of vineyard and region — this being Tissot’s prized Bruyères vineyard. This bottling is a rare bird and one of the Jura's most sought-after cuveés each year.

TECHNICAL INFO

Climate:  Cool Continental

Altitude:  250 - 450m

Soils:  Clay & Calcareous

Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in neutral french oak barriques.

Ageing:  Aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ullage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and adding a unique yeast character to the wine. Unfined, unfiltered, vegan.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. Les Bruyères is a south facing plot on clay and blue marl, planted with selection massale, with vines as 45 to 80 years old mixed in with new selected shoots planted at wild densities to generate competition between the vines (while each vine is culled to produce only two or three bunches of grapes for concentration).

ABV:  15.0%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  845934

Giovanni Autuori
Calgary + Alberta South

T: 403-971-1898

E: giovanni@vinoalvino.ca

Joe Gurba
Edmonton + Alberta North

T: 780-203-5284

E: joeg@vinoalvino.ca

Vin Jaune Les Bruyères
Domaine Tissot
A benchmark example of Jura’s iconic Vin Jaune. Savagnin is fermented then aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ouillage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and giving the wine its unique and highly sought character. The result is a powerful, concentrated, complex wine with profound minerality and a much higher acidity than fino sherry, showing characteristic aromas of nuts and dried fruit and bruised apple and aged cheese, with ageing potential north of a century.Tissot was the first to bottle single vineyard Vin Jaune. This indescribably nutty, saline wine comes with a dazzling acid profile that frames this pure expression of vineyard and region — this being Tissot’s prized Bruyères vineyard. This bottling is a rare bird and one of the Jura's most sought-after cuveés each year.

TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

Climate:  Cool Continental

Altitude:  250 - 450m

Soils:  Clay & Calcareous

Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeast in neutral french oak barriques.

Ageing:  Aged a minimum of six years in old barrels without any top ups. As a result, around a third of the wine's volume evaporates and as that ullage increases, a complex layer of yeast flor forms above the wine, inhibiting greater oxidation and adding a unique yeast character to the wine. Unfined, unfiltered, vegan.

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Biodynamic. Les Bruyères is a south facing plot on clay and blue marl, planted with selection massale, with vines as 45 to 80 years old mixed in with new selected shoots planted at wild densities to generate competition between the vines (while each vine is culled to produce only two or three bunches of grapes for concentration).

ABV:  15.0%

Produced Cases: 

CSPC:  845934

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403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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