Domaine Tissot

2017 Arbois AOC Vin Jaune Les Bruyères

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.
France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

ABV:  15.5%

Vineyard & Vine Age: Domaine Tissot Vin Jaune Les Bruyères comes from biodynamic vineyards at 250–450 meters altitude. The 45- to 80-year-old vines, planted with selection Massale, grow on clay and blue marl soils in a cool continental climate, producing intensely concentrated wines.

Cellar: Domaine Tissot Vin Jaune Les Bruyères is spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeast in neutral French oak barriques. The wine ages at least six years in old barrels without top-ups, developing a yeasty character. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

CSPC:  141014

Winemakers Note:  []

What the Critics are saying:  "2017 was a warm year marked by killer frost, the first in the series of recent years affected by frost, but despite all the challenges, the Vin jaune from this vintage is very good. The 2017 Les Bruyères Vin Jaune, from a terroir of Trias clay and marl, has the classical Arbois style of Jaune—open and large—with 15.5% alcohol and a very smoky personality, a little in the style of En Spois." 95/100. Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Sep 11 2025

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Domaine Tissot
2017 Arbois AOC Vin Jaune Les Bruyères

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

France
White
Biodynamic Wine
Vegan
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

Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

ABV:  15.5%

Vineyard:  Domaine Tissot Vin Jaune Les Bruyères comes from biodynamic vineyards at 250–450 meters altitude. The 45- to 80-year-old vines, planted with selection Massale, grow on clay and blue marl soils in a cool continental climate, producing intensely concentrated wines.

Cellar: Domaine Tissot Vin Jaune Les Bruyères is spontaneously fermented with indigenous yeast in neutral French oak barriques. The wine ages at least six years in old barrels without top-ups, developing a yeasty character. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.

CSPC:  141014

Winemakers Note: []

What the Critics are saying: "2017 was a warm year marked by killer frost, the first in the series of recent years affected by frost, but despite all the challenges, the Vin jaune from this vintage is very good. The 2017 Les Bruyères Vin Jaune, from a terroir of Trias clay and marl, has the classical Arbois style of Jaune—open and large—with 15.5% alcohol and a very smoky personality, a little in the style of En Spois." 95/100. Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Sep 11 2025

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

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TECHNICAL INFO

Country:  France

Region:  Arbois, Jura

Appellation:  Arbois AOC

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Varietal/Blend:  100% Savagnin

Fermentation:  Spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in old oak puncheons.

Ageing: 

Vineyard & Vine Age:  Bull Swamp and Manilla vineyards in Baw Baw Shire. The vines were planted in 1961 and and 1964 respectively.

ABV:  15.5%

Produced Cases:  50

CSPC:  141014

Calgary + Alberta South

Andrew Stewart

403-604-0408

andrew@vinoalvino.ca

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Edmonton + Alberta North

Joe Gurba

780-203-5284

joe@vinoalvino.ca

Saskatoon + Saskatchewan South

Kerrie Gavin

306-290-0277

kerrie@vinoalvino.ca